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arpad ([personal profile] arpad) wrote2004-06-26 03:29 am

Impervious horror of the leeward shore

Found in O'Brien's "Master & Commander" a phrase that fits my "current mood" like a glove. The meaning? All hands on a ship that is blown closer and closer to the shore work as hell, tack follows tack, but the only result is ship standing at same distance from the shore. At same distance till the crew is strong enough to drive it.

My computer game project eats me from inside. And I have no choice but struggle forward till the wind change. Struggle knowing that the only alternative is a wreck. And that lasts already two years and half.

O, Almighty, help me to overcome my laziness, help me to learn from my mistakes, send me your blessing. Let me fulfill my duty to you, don’t drop me into oblivion.

[identity profile] arpad.livejournal.com 2004-06-27 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
And me not ;)

As for main problems. The essense - get money and use them right. I.e.:

Business – getting an intelligent investment and afterwards survive on limited budget and tight schedule. Don’t botch game launch and game marketing.

Game design – to breed simplicity of interface (and game rules) with complexity of the game. [long story here]

Technical side – organize top-down development in a right way. Lots of open question with middle-tier application. Lots of open question with server farm. Blah blah blah.

[identity profile] wildernesscat.livejournal.com 2004-07-05 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope your investors are patient with you, and you can see "the light at the end of the tunnel". It's not an easy task.

thanks

[identity profile] arpad.livejournal.com 2004-07-05 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope they will be petient with me :). Cause now I do have a lot of contacts, but no one of them offer real negotiations yet.