Plan for Shaun Sullivan
by Shaun Sullivan · 03/04/2001 (6:08 am) · 2 comments
Well, here it is, my first plan entry. I'm about ready to release the beta of PureSim Baseball. http://www.puresim.com
I've been pleasantly surprised at the amount of interest and good reviews the preview builds have earned from GameSpot and other sites. Now its time to turn the corner. My "real" job has been soaking up a tremendous amount of my time lately, so for PureSim coding sessions it's late night only!
Anyway, it has taken me 3 years to get this far, and I have to say, I have pretty much given up more than once. To all you aspiring game developers I have some advice (and this isn't new):
Start Small! Build something that you know you can complete. Regardless of whether its the next "killer app". Just complete the whole cycle. I'm extremely happy with my game so far, but, it's just that with a full time job and 4 kids, the thing is so big I never felt like I would complete it!
Now that I'm in the home stretch I have hit another "slump". I guess its kind of like writer's block...I sit down at the machine and invent ways to distract myself. I have been through 2 other periods like this, and I guess they coincide with a release "crunch" at my real job.
OK, I am going to go do some work!
Shaun Sullivan
Developer, PureSim Baseball
I've been pleasantly surprised at the amount of interest and good reviews the preview builds have earned from GameSpot and other sites. Now its time to turn the corner. My "real" job has been soaking up a tremendous amount of my time lately, so for PureSim coding sessions it's late night only!
Anyway, it has taken me 3 years to get this far, and I have to say, I have pretty much given up more than once. To all you aspiring game developers I have some advice (and this isn't new):
Start Small! Build something that you know you can complete. Regardless of whether its the next "killer app". Just complete the whole cycle. I'm extremely happy with my game so far, but, it's just that with a full time job and 4 kids, the thing is so big I never felt like I would complete it!
Now that I'm in the home stretch I have hit another "slump". I guess its kind of like writer's block...I sit down at the machine and invent ways to distract myself. I have been through 2 other periods like this, and I guess they coincide with a release "crunch" at my real job.
OK, I am going to go do some work!
Shaun Sullivan
Developer, PureSim Baseball
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