Taking a break

Hey there

It has been a while since my last post. Due to personal reasons I’m going to take a break with game development for a while. Though I still have a very strong love towards PBBG design burning inside of me I can’t seem to enjoy it that much any more. It may partly be some sort of burnout but I think other personal problems in my life may also be a cause of this lack of motivation.

It’s really weird. I don’t enjoy playing and creating games any more but I strongly want to enjoy it. When I go through my old stuff I notice that game development (and definitely not playing games itself) has been an interest of mine since I was much younger, more than I could remember.

Currently I’m 17 years old (I’ll be 18 in November) and the first time I remember creating some sort of game I must have been 7 or 8. I would draw creatures on little pieces of paper and tape them all around the house (or the toilet mostly) and I really can’t remember what the rules were. I remember it must have been some sort of trading card game. I used a lot of eyes in the “images” and one eye on the back (if I remember correctly) — like pokemon cards would have a pokéball on their backsides. I guess they would also have had an attack value or something of that kind … I think I used quite large numbers (but rounded ones).

So now, 10 years later, I feel like game design and development is an important part of me. Although I really want to enjoy it I can’t seem to make it work. I’m going to take a break and when I’m ready I’ll be back.

I don’t know when I’ll be back. It may be tomorrow, in a few months or never (I doubt that though).

Take care everybody and don’t forget me!