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[Sparx]

I find I get "burnt-out" in GM when I make GMing my main focus in life.  If I drop everything else and exclusively make games then after a week or so I'll run dry.  I usually get alot done in that week, but reach a "programmer's block" right after. 

If, however, I view GMing as a hobby (which it is) and balance it with the other aspects of my life (school, work, girlfriend, friends, guitar, playing games, getting sleep) I'll be much more enthusiastic about it when I get the chance to open up GM and start coding.

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This is the same thing with me. Even though i have only used GM for a year, there was one time, when i made GM my main focus in life only to find i lost inspiration and became of bored of GM. But when i balance with other stuff in life, yes i get more enthusiastic about programming my game.

[Timmins]

It has happened to me. I was mass downloading gamemaker games all the time, and I think I got a virus somehow. This might have been from something else though. We have to reboot the computer, and delete all files. My parents were really angry because my mother had loads of business documents on this computer, and they were lost. I was fed up with computers, and decided I quite programming.

I was back within a month .

Timmins

[ih8censorship]

Adam- i think all programming is like that. things dont work out and you want to quit, but sooner or later if you keep working on it you can figure it out and often times an even better way. or maybey your burnt out and need some time away from programming. i get like that once in a while id say about a week or so out of the month i dont even touch my compiler. another thing could be your just not having fun with gamemaker anymore, so maybey try another language and try making something other than a game. theres lots of ideas that come when your not limited to makeing games and are using a high power language like c++.

[cyanide]

well, i wanted to quit gm when 5.1 came out and everyone started using it. and everyone started whining about registring and stuff.

[Jonfletc]

ive given up on tonnes of games, because of boredom and loneliness, it is much better to go out with your friends than stay indoors making a game with nobody supporting you, although my friends support me with GMing so thats why i do it

-Jon

[lilgoaliebro]

about a year ago, i downloaded gamemaker. (i forgot which version) And i was so frusterated and i just wanted to make a game in one weekend. but i wanted a game that was long and very fun. Haha. Then,a year later, i really wanted to make my own game. I went to the gm website and saw 5! i downloaded it and got right into it. Then 2 weeks later...... gm6 came out. i have been making games ever since.

Edited by lilgoaliebro, 03 December 2004 - 11:09 PM.

[jacobmp92]

When I found out my gfx card couldnt play d3d, I came so close to taking a sledgehammer to my monitor

[biscuitz21]

I quit GM for bout 2 years cuz of some issues like that. I over burnt myself out. All I did was work on GM for like 1 or 2 months with little break and you know what happens after that. Now I'm back! I'm not exactly enthusiastic about GM cuz I still see improvements that need to be made. Right now I'm kinda quiting again cuz I haven't worked on my programs for a while. Actually I'm just takin a break. And I thought I was the only 1 with this problem . They ought to make up a name for this. Like "over programming syndrome" or "too much programming syndrome". Better yet "burn out syndrome"

[Adam]

I quit GM for bout 2 years cuz of some issues like that.  I over burnt myself out.  All I did was work on GM for like 1 or 2 months with little break and you know what happens after that.  Now I'm back!  I'm not exactly enthusiastic about GM cuz I still see improvements that need to be made.  Right now I'm kinda quiting again cuz I haven't worked on my programs for a while.  Actually I'm just takin a break.  And I thought I was the only 1 with this problem .  They ought to make up a name for this.  Like "over programming syndrome"   or "too much programming syndrome".  Better yet "burn out syndrome"

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I think they would already have a good name for that. It's like being burnt out with any other task.

[biscuitz21]

Um I have a confession to make. I burn out very easily. I have too many skills. I can use just about any program. I can code, draw, music, blah blah blah but after a while Im just wiped out by all the work and "quit" for a while. Usually I don't try to use confusing programs or I burn out quicker. Actually I am burning out more than usual cuz of school. That's probably why some of us burn out more. Actually we probably can never quit GM cuz we're addicted to it. I don't understand why but we just are. Maybe because we are so desperate to have a game, or just to be known that we made a great game

[Adam]

Um I have a confession to make.  I burn out very easily.  I have too many skills.  I can use just about any program.  I can code, draw, music, blah blah blah but after a while Im just wiped out by all the work and "quit" for a while.  Usually I don't try to use confusing programs or I burn out quicker.  Actually I am burning out more than usual cuz of school.  That's probably why some of us burn out more.  Actually we probably can never quit GM cuz we're addicted to it.  I don't understand why but we just are.  Maybe because we are so desperate to have a game, or just to be known that we made a great game

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About GM addiction I used to use GM all the time, but now i've gotton over it, GM even gets kind of boring now

[2coolbugalot]

well dahh

[CoolDude330]

Heh... well my story goes on through a 2 year span I started with GM, trashed it, tried TGF, trashed it, tried Stagecast, trashed it, tried RPG2k, trashed it, and on and on until I ended up here. Actually I switched to GM just a few minutes ago. Thas why I haven't made a game for a year. It seems that the common reason for a burn-out is the fourms. Maybe you think "Well this game is gonna get a 1 rating on the fourms" and then stop GM for a while...

Edited by CoolDude330, 04 December 2004 - 02:37 AM.