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On Brain Pills [Ray Merkler]
In my last post, I asked how people experience and process worry, and I got some great responses with helpful advice. However, almost all of that advice was based on one unfortunate prerequisite: That...
View ArticleOn a Quid Pro Quo Producership [Ray Merkler]
I’d like to put a call out to the community at large: Would you like to be my producer? This is a strange thing for me to ask for. Moving over to self-employment land had the wondrous effect of...
View ArticleOn Downswings and a Quid Pro Quo cum Pro Bono Producership [Ray Merkler]
My bipolar rhythm has been in the trough stage for a few weeks, so work-getting-doneage has been on a deficiency kick. I finally pulled out of it yesterday, though, and probably in record time (thank...
View ArticleOn Suffering For Your Work [Ray Merkler]
It’s horseshit. This kind of plays back to the problem of cowboys in the game industry, but you see it in almost every creative discipline, the idea that it’s noble to suffer in the name of your...
View ArticleOn Gender Neutral “Guys” [Ray Merkler]
Simple question that has been driving me crazy for a few weeks. I had a big pre-question discussion planned, but I just now changed my mind and decided to simply ask it and step back. Okay. The name of...
View ArticleOn the Tyranny of Solitude [Ray Merkler]
Game development is all about solving a rapidly refreshing suite of challenging problems. For me, this is how my problem-solving process typical resolves: There is a problem that needs to be solved. I...
View ArticleOn Meditation and Depression [Ray Merkler]
I’ve been experimenting with meditation to help with the depressive swings of my bipolar disorder. I’d like to share what I’ve discovered. First, some background: Why meditation? How does sitting still...
View ArticleOn a Pseudo-Pay-What-You-Want System [Ray Merkler]
When I resumed work on Fortress a month ago, I originally planned to just finish up what’s already done and then give the game away for free. The first part of that plan held true: Fortress is done,...
View ArticleOn Progress [Ray Merkler]
Something has started bothering me a lot recently: How do I gauge my own rate of progress? My first thought is to compare how quickly I Get Things Done to how quickly other developers do so. If my...
View ArticleOn Professionalism [Ray Merkler]
This is going to be an angry, self critical, navel-gazey post. I want to start by sharing this link. You don’t have to read the entire thing, but this will all go faster if you at least read the...
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