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After working on my weird shooter game for 5 years, I realized I'm never going to be finishing this project. In this video I explain why I've decided to quit my game and what is next.

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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

A project that's never released or monetized is a hobby. We all need hobbies. And it seems like this one was extraordinarily developmental because it taught you a lot about what goes into a game. It also taught you about videos, building in public, and setting expectations.

I hope you don't see it as a negative and instead ask something like going to University on steroids. If you decide to develop a game to completion in the future, you're going to be that much further down the road