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Well its been quite the de-motivational few days. I let my kids play with my tablet as I have it pretty much full of educational apps for them... well I long story short, someone left the bathroom latch off and I found my kindle in a puddle of water..... I immediately dried it off and put it a bag of rice for a day and a half, but the bottom line is - it appears to be dead. No other Android device in the house - as folks know the computer Im developing on is rummaged from old parts circa 2004 (and earlier.. I think the most modern thing on it is around 2004) and running a (very) stripped down version of linux - so forget about android emulation - cant get an emulator to boot, let alone run. This, obviously, makes it pretty difficult to develop stuff for the platform. I mentioned this on main page, and friends were very helpful pointing out sales, etc. and I appreciate the info - but this time of year finds me - well - rather skint. Everything is earmarked for other things.. so what to do? I could start yet-another-project thats desktop only.. but most of the ideas Ive been nurturing have been based on a mobile platform - Ive been trying to keep my mind focused on those features, advantages, and shortcomings. But I dont think this is the way to go - a potentially viable desktop game poses its own challenges in scope and content as well as speed/ease of development - and I dont think developing on a 2004 bitsa to create something to run for a 2014 market is a very smart move at all. On top of that - do I REALLY want something reminding me each and every day that I have other things unfinished? So.. the plan: Im taking a couple of days off programming for a start, to wait for the disappointment to pass - then Im going to get back to work on things and get them as finished as I can so when I get a replacement tablet I can do platform testing... this might knock my schedule back a bit... which is again disappointing and very demotivating, Ill just do what I can to push through this setback and try and keep my momentum going.. They say that there are no problems, only solutions... I say well, some solutions may be insurmountable...... But I dont think this solution is going to be one of them.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:52:01 +0000

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