lili

it's not really you

i get this question all the time. here are some tips

✨ commit yourself to working at least ten minutes a day.

now you might say, “adrienne that’s not a lot of minutes”, and you would be right. but it’s not about working only ten minutes. it’s about actually getting yourself started.

starting to work is hard. who wants to work on anything?? so give yourself a small goal. ten minutes. that’s easy. and then, most of the time, you’ll find out that you do want to keep working longer than ten minutes…!!! and so you work for longer. and you are doing it. and you’re happy.

and some days, you might really just work ten minutes. and that’s great, because you’re ten minutes farther than you were before

✨ give yourself constraints.

sometimes your idea or project might seem really big. there’s so different ways this could go! the vastness is scary!!! what should you do?!?!

and the answer is to give yourself some constraints. some rules to follow. maybe a run of your game can only be 5 minutes long. maybe you can only make sound effects with paper and nothing else. or maybe. your game can only be in black and white

and from those constraints, 1: you’ll feel like you have a path to follow, and 2: your project might??? usually be cooler??? because you’re trying something new!!! you’re doing something weird!!! you gave yourself a weird challenger or theme, and you’re building on top of it!!! maybe the whole world in your game sees in black and white. what does that mean about your world. wow

✨ show your friends

working on something in your corner might be fun. but sometimes it’s a bummer. and you might need some feedback, or at least some compliments…!!! then show it to your friends. there’s nothing better than getting excited about you and your friends’ projects

✨ never give up. unless you want to

take breaks

✨ get those references and good tutorials

A son he wanted to save. A father he’d never meet.