RODEN'S PROFILE

I just hit act three in Tales of Xillia, and I'm not impressed at all. That shit with the lance was the fucking dumbest plot twist I've seen in recent memory. The game keeps getting more and more disappointing by the second and then pulls THAT out it's ass?

Luckily I stopped caring about the story right around when the game did. I'm finishing it for the sake of finishing it at the moment.

author=ricifidi
I think that the feeling of "accomplishing nothing" is because we are not looking at the big picture.
For example a good thing i learned was to write the date on sketches. Don't just toss them, pile them (i'm talking about paper here) and make sure to keep them stored, and organized by date.
When the time comes and you feel like you aren't progressing at all, take a look at the history of your own work. You will find that the more you try, the better you get at doing it. Some times, one of those "previous failures" will give you a idea for your current work.

This, this. I keep all of my sketches around, from the time that I was only 6 years old to now. I've frequently made use of previously "meaningless" (ie not connected with any game/character) sketches in a lot of my projects. All it takes is to go back and see it, and then realize that it'd work perfectly for something you need.

I'd say to do it with pretty much everything you create, games and all. I regret deleting 90% of the vaporprojects that I've started, because every now and then I get that nostalgic urge to go look at them and I can't.

Everything you do is experience gained, whether you feel like it is or not. As long as you're legitimately trying, you're gonna slowly get better in the grand scheme of things.

I don't consider all of the vaporware projects I've started and abandoned to be failures, or wasted time. I slowly got better at mapping, art, and even a little bit better at writing and gameplay design. Over time I grew to know more and more about my creative process, and my preferences when creating and refining things.

I feel you, but don't think that your work is pointless just cause you ended up being dissatisfied with it. If you only feel like working on one thing and can't get it right, then take a break.

I never make New Years resolutions, because they're honestly just too much work.

Hey guys. I'm about to buy a custom built computer online, and I was wondering if it's entirely safe and reliable to pay for something so expensive through Paypal. I can imagine that the answer is "yes, you idiot" but I want to be as sure as possible, since I'm admittedly nervous about buying something over 3 grand online.