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Why Game Developers Should Finish What They Start

Posted by simoniker on from the get-on-with-it dept.

Michael writes "Too often, hobbyists and open source programmers take on game projects that they can't hope to finish. Freshmeat is rife with games from developers who have bitten off more than they can chew. So I drafted an article which takes a look at the major roadblocks to successfully completing open source and hobbyist game projects."

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  1. get bored, not just games by Arngautr · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have found that when I work on personal projects, a couple games amongst them, I get bored with them once the hard parts (those that I haven't had much experience with ie new to me) are done and bug free (as best I can tell ;) ). I then get distaracted by something else that catches my eye and proceed to half finish it, then.....

  2. Effort to fix this kind of problem by pilot1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Happy Penguin's Game of the Month is an effort to fix this sort of problem.
    Every month (or two, or three..) they choose a game to work on, and generally the end result is a greatly improved game. Currently they're working on TuxKart, if you view the screenshots of some of the improved models, they're amazing.
    Anyone who has an incomplete game that they're no longer working on would do well to at least suggest it to the GOTM people, since they have artists and other people willing to do the type of work that coders hate.