How to AVOID Game Development Analysis Paralysis
339Game Development is hard. Analysis Paralysis is one of the biggest causes of game development burnout, affecting motivation and productivity. Even if you're getting started developing your indie game, it can lead to overthinking, overanalyzing and lead you to abandon your indie game project.
In this video, we discuss why game development is hard, Analysis Paralysis and its effect on game development, burnout, and productivity. I've experienced this through out my game dev journey and wanted to share my game dev tips that help finish my game. 5 ways to prevent game development Analysis Paralysis affecting the development of your game, game code and game development journey.
No matter what game engine - Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot or GameMaker - or whether you're a programmer, 3D modeller, composer or environment artist, hopefully, these game dev tips will help you continue game development and finish your indie game.
This is a very meta game development tutorial... or game devlog...
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🎬 Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:17 - Analysis Paralysis
01:16 - Analysis Paralysis: Losing my mind
02:14 - #1 - Brute Force
03:17 - #2 - The Power of Research
04:18 - #3 - You're Overcomplicating It
05:18 - #4 - Perfection lead to Burnout
06:33 - #5 - Game Development is Hard
07:28 - The Best Part
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