If writers get to complain about writer’s block, then surely developers have something similar. I have it right now, and that’s the shittiest thing is. Come on, brain. During my exams I was sprouting out game ideas 24/7. Now everything’s fallen into stagnation. My Abuse-alike is lying there on my hard drive. It’s useless working on it: the old DOS Abuse feels far more fluid and a great deal more terrifying. Remind me not to announce projects before I begin.
As for team requests, I’ve turned down every offer from my friends to finish E.C.H.O., work on another Big Game, or even build a small widget together. I’ve been down that path and I know where it goes: nowhere. We’re too far apart, with too many real-life limitations, not enough skill and nowhere enough passion to get back into making RPGs. Anything story-driven, as I found out the hard way, requires patience, skill and a long-term , enduring passion. And all of us are at a stage where real life – jobs, money, targets – looms ahead threatening to clamp down like a vise. If we couldn’t handle it with school, we sure as hell can’t handle it now…
But here I rant. Residual bitterness? O yea.
Hmm. At any rate, I’m done with Game Maker. I have Java and Python to self-learn, and that’s what I’ll be doing in the months ahead. There’s also Construct 2 to play around with. I haven’t got around to it yet.
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Time to go play some League of Legends.
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Yudhanjaya 
I’m in the same boat buddy. I can’t finish anything. I can’t think up any original ideas.
I hate it when that happens. The worst part is not knowing when you’ll snap out of it.
I recently applied to a game design program, and I’ve been trying to learn all kinds of game creation software to beef-up my skills and portfolio. I’m a total programming newbie, and I only know enough about 3D rendering software like Blender to get around.
I don’t know what kind of experience you have or what software you use, but check out Unity. It’s free to download, and it’s a professional platform that many studios use. It uses Java as a scripting language!
http://www.codecademy.com/ has some awesome achievement-based tutorials for both Java and Python, but they’re not specific to game design.
Good luck! Stay motivated!
Thanks for your encouraging words!
I’ve been using mostly 2D tools – Game Maker, AGS, RMXP, and tinkering with 2D stuff. I had Unity on my list but didn’t really get to check it out due to exams and such. Thanks for the link – I’ll be sure to check it out.