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Re: Do coders take a break?

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miz656 is not online. miz656
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16 Jan 2012 08:44 PM
Hey guys. I was just asking do coders take breaks? I mean, I was coding, and this game just got a craving to me that I don't wanna code anymore and I just wanna play this game. I don't know what to do! One hand I feel to play this game, can't think about it. On the other hand I might forget about Lua and all the others. I don't know what to do. Have you been in this position before?
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PompeyTheGreat is not online. PompeyTheGreat
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16 Jan 2012 08:46 PM
are coders human?
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Cyrok is not online. Cyrok
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16 Jan 2012 08:46 PM
Yeah. I stopped playing ROBLOX for a few months and then I came back. When you learn a language it *sticks* in your head (at least for me). I only forgot a few minor details (things like .p, some raycasting stuff, etcetera).

{ I have an OCD when it comes to non-camelCase variables/custom functions. }
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swimguy777 is not online. swimguy777
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16 Jan 2012 08:47 PM
This is how my life goes:
*codes for 4 hours*
*takes 2 week break*
*thinks "hmm, I haven't worked on that in a while"*
*repeat*

-[::ƧѡÎḾḠΰῩ::]-[::Maker of stuff and Helper of Scripting::]-
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crazytomato4 is not online. crazytomato4
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16 Jan 2012 08:47 PM
screw coding/scripting/programming

play game
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Cyrok is not online. Cyrok
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16 Jan 2012 08:50 PM
My normal day:

wake up at five in the morning on a school day to finish homework i never started
look up to see the clock and find out i finished in about ten minutes
play roblox for an hour and forum
school
come home, play xbox
hang out with friends
go back to roblox at night
bed

{ I have an OCD when it comes to non-camelCase variables/custom functions. }
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Cyrok is not online. Cyrok
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16 Jan 2012 08:50 PM
Oh, and every few days, I learn an extra tidbit of C++.

{ I have an OCD when it comes to non-camelCase variables/custom functions. }
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miz656 is not online. miz656
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16 Jan 2012 08:51 PM
No I have a feeling when I play this game I won't have a chance coding anymore making me lose my feeling of programming. But I feel really craved for htis game!
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crazytomato4 is not online. crazytomato4
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16 Jan 2012 08:52 PM
just play the game
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Cyrok is not online. Cyrok
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16 Jan 2012 08:52 PM
If it's Skyrim, it's perfectly normal and happens to (nearly, darn haters) everyone.

{ I have an OCD when it comes to non-camelCase variables/custom functions. }
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miz656 is not online. miz656
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16 Jan 2012 08:54 PM
It's battlefield heroes

And I'm just afraid that when I play it I will never wanna code again thus me not wanting to be a programmer anymore.
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AgentFirefox is not online. AgentFirefox
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16 Jan 2012 08:59 PM
What will happen is you'll see something in the game and think to yourself "Hey that's cool! I'm gonna make that!" and make it on Roblox.

At least, that's how my Compass, Radar, and Inventory system all came about.


Cheers,
-- AFF

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. ~MLK
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miz656 is not online. miz656
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16 Jan 2012 09:01 PM
I'm just afraid when I play the game I won't wanna program anymore.
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yacker3000 is not online. yacker3000
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16 Jan 2012 09:01 PM
Essentially, if you really love coding, you'll always eventually come back. But, if you don't wanna play, don't. it's better to be safe than sorry.
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AgentFirefox is not online. AgentFirefox
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16 Jan 2012 09:02 PM
That game isn't that great anyway.


Cheers,
-- AFF

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. ~MLK
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miz656 is not online. miz656
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16 Jan 2012 09:04 PM
@AFF

I think it's pretty good.

@yacker

What you saying?
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YourNeverSafe is not online. YourNeverSafe
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16 Jan 2012 09:11 PM
"@yacker

What you saying?"

If you're a coder at heart (and like ROBLOX),
you will come back.
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yacker3000 is not online. yacker3000
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16 Jan 2012 09:14 PM
@neversafe:
exactly. Perfect translation. I wasn't trying to make it sound like you were a bad scripter, Miz. Not at all what I set out to do.
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YourNeverSafe is not online. YourNeverSafe
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16 Jan 2012 09:14 PM
In a sense,
I kinda have the same problem.

I code, I code, I code....

Then I have to build,
[Project Abandoned]
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kingkiller1000 is not online. kingkiller1000
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16 Jan 2012 09:24 PM
I'm always in that boat. There were points where I didn't work on one of my games for at least three weeks, but then I thought about how cool it would be, so I started working on it again.

I've made a routine to keep myself on track with all my projects. I just assign a different project to each day. For example, I have a certain game to work on each Sunday, a different game on Monday, and so on. Except since I only have 6 main projects, I give myself Thursday as a break (or free choice).
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blockoo is not online. blockoo
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16 Jan 2012 09:26 PM
Go in the scripters forum, and ask how many of them have actually finished a major project :D
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Cyrok is not online. Cyrok
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16 Jan 2012 09:30 PM
@blockoo

"i always get bored and can never finish one"

"i think about the building and i give up for a short while and then come back rinse wash repeat"

Etcetera. The same exact thing goes for me.

{ I have an OCD when it comes to non-camelCase variables/custom functions. }
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Riderj is not online. Riderj
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16 Jan 2012 09:31 PM
Hint: Take a break, check the forums. Help out, you will not lose your knowledge or interest this way.

[Slap a saddle on and ride]
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Cyrok is not online. Cyrok
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16 Jan 2012 09:31 PM
And about the building thing, I have that issue too. I'm coding this awesome project that will be really fun to play, and then...

I remember I have to build all of it. Then, I think about making a terrain generating program, and remember that I'm not advanced enough.

Rinse, wash, repeat, as I said before.

{ I have an OCD when it comes to non-camelCase variables/custom functions. }
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AgentFirefox is not online. AgentFirefox
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16 Jan 2012 09:32 PM
"major project"


*looks at my FireQuest*

Mhm.... :c


Cheers,
-- AFF

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. ~MLK
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