Putting Off Procrastination

By GBGames, on February 28th, 2006%

Fighting Procrastination: The Local Maxima Problem describes how procrastination might be a symptom of a project that has hit a standstill and can’t easily move forward without taking a few steps back. The Local Maxima is best illustrated by the example of the robot that wanted to go to the moon:

The Moon is way . . . → Read More: Putting Off Procrastination

Thousander Club Update: February 27th

By GBGames, on February 27th, 2006%

For this weekâ€™s Thousander Club update:

Game Hours: 23 / 1000 Game Ideas: 111/ 1000

Target: 105

Last Monday was President’s Day, and it helped a lot with regards to providing me with some coding time since I had the day off from my job. That day I managed to get some huge bugs fixed . . . → Read More: Thousander Club Update: February 27th

Motivation Threshold

By GBGames, on February 24th, 2006%

This week I was coding for hours on end while also doing laundry. It was great because I had 45 minutes within which I was trying to be productive before I had to do another load. If I had 5 hours to sit still in front of the computer, I would probably get maybe an . . . → Read More: Motivation Threshold

Casual Game State of the Industry Summary

By GBGames, on February 23rd, 2006%

In Soâ€¦Did You Read It?, David “RM” Michael asks a few questions. Did anyone read State of the Industry: Casual Games in the latest Game Developer magazine, and if so, could you provide a summary?

Sure! James Gwertzman, director of business development at PopCap says that he expects the casual game market to grow very . . . → Read More: Casual Game State of the Industry Summary

Free Ebook: Go It Alone!

By GBGames, on February 22nd, 2006%

David “RM” Michael of Joe Indie wrote about a free Ebook available from Bruce Judson in Free EBook about Starting a Solo Business

I’m a bit disappointed that it isn’t available in an easily-downloadable PDF, but you can read Go It Alone! The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own in standard HTML . . . → Read More: Free Ebook: Go It Alone!