I tend to stare into space when I'm trying to think of ideas... Me? I'm a novice indie game dev currently working on Fountain of Life, a game where you only have seconds left to live and must gather the souls of the dead to survive.

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So, I honestly don't have much to say about my game this week... So, what about I talk about my work process instead? I'll be giving some tips on the way for those of you who also do gamedev.

My desktop.

The Work Process My 4 tools.

  • I start up by starting up my gamedev user. Personally, I feel that having a separate user account for doing gamedev makes it easier to concentrate and to organize my stuff (AKA I have more space on the desktop)
  • So with that done, I need to open up my tools: Unity 3D (my engine), Visual Studio (code), Perforce (source control) and Mozilla Firefox. In Firefox I open up Trello (a website that's practically an online post-it board).
  • Trello is really useful, make an account if you haven't. I mainly use it to organize my tasks, stuff like which code I need to write and what bugs I need to fix. It's useful for remembering what I was working on and what needs to be done. Seeing what you've finished is pretty motivating too!
  • I like to listen to music while I work, extended videogame music to be exact (extended is the same song looped for 10-30 minutes) I like videogame music since it's background music and distracts me less than other types of music. Listening to a looped song also helps with not being distracted, but the most important thing is to avoid getting distracted by changing the song constantly.
  • Source control is important! It helps you keep and organize older version of your work. I tend to commit (upload a new version to the server) every time I finish something small, like an enemy behavior or a bugfix. If you're not convinced about source control, check this out.
  • For longer sessions, I like to work with a technnique similar to the Pomodoro Technique. What I basically do is take short five minute breaks every half an hour or so. It helps me stay motivated in the long run, but it may be distracting for some.
A Trello board.


So, there you go! It's basically that. If you have any questions, leave a comment here or send a tweet to my Twitter.

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