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Started a new prototype this week.

I started porting code from CR back to my engine and also upgrade my engine along the way.

Prototype should be done by the end of week, hopefully.

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After dropping my next project (Urban Forest) in April (after 3 months + of prototype), I lost confidence in my ability to finish another project.

The goal is to finish a project, so I can find my next big project.

@ZwodahS you mean you will stop working on it?
If you feel discouraged to finish your projects then I guess It would be better to find a smaller project and not a bigger one? 🤔

@Calined
For Urban Forest, dropping it is because of the fact that I am not happy with what I had after 3 months of prototyping and iterating. I might revisit that idea in the future, but for now I probably will not continue it.

Smaller projects help but after the launch of my last game, I started dropping project when the idea feels too small, especially when comparing to Crop Rotation.

I just need to get out of that mindset and just finish games honestly.

@ZwodahS maybe you can find something where the prototype doesn't take so long or a different way of doing it? 🤔

ZwodahS | Sprouting Potato

@Calined haha i think the length is fine for urban forest. i tried like many iteration of the ideas during that 3 months. a lot of the time is also spent on upgrading my engine.

@ZwodahS ah you made your own engine, oh wow
Yeah I would say that counts as separate and not towards a prototype 🤔👏