How many hours a day do you spend making games?

UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Wondering if im the only nutter spending 16 hours a day 7 days a week trying to make a go of it?

Darren.
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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Nope. Me too!
  • osalzanoosalzano Member, PRO Posts: 136
    +1
  • Hurricane09Hurricane09 Member Posts: 40
    I do the 'other job' thing, so only do it when I can find the time...
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    I only work graveyard weekends (until my games start making money) so, yeah... I work at least 12 hours a day on my projects. Used to be movies... now it's games.
  • debugdesigndebugdesign Member Posts: 886
    I really shouldn't as I have real work to do, but Dragon fire has been close to completion for weeks now, but how wrong i was...
  • ChaserChaser Member Posts: 1,453
    I usually work 12 hour days at regular job then when I'm off I hit GS at about 6 hours a day for 2 days and I'm like that every other week. I have a family so I can't put all my off time to GS.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    OI IAN! STICK TO PROJECT F, YOU! Hahaha.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Right now, I'm working more on the book. But combined, I spend about 12-16 hours a day on game development and publishing.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    What ya working on now, tshirt?
  • RiffelRiffel Member Posts: 1,272
    im have another job, at home i do the heavy game edition, but at any palce ai do research, note ideias, send e-mail do partners, do some draft, and every time thnk about my milestones

    www.marcosriffel.com

  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    Yeah, let's add a new pole... how many hours a day do you spend THINKING about making games? Put it this way... I haven't slept in weeks! Maybe now that Max Vector is finished I can get IF/AND statements out of my head! Only... I've started thinking about my next project.... GAAAAAH!
  • ValanValan Member, BASIC Posts: 410
    Good idea Polygame.

    I find it is dangerous for me to go into GS without designing or thinking through methodology stuff first. Very non productive!

    Now, I tend to write stuff down and the hit GS for a few hours at a time.
  • design219design219 Member Posts: 2,273
    Yes, now thinking about it is another matter.

    I've been rolling around my next game idea for weeks, but it's so outlandish I'm reluctant to dive into it.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    LOL. I have three at the mo, doing one at a time though... the racer first :)
  • Koda89Koda89 Member Posts: 275
    I don't spend that much time. Only when I'm making a game do I spend a good chunk of time, really. Hell, I didn't make a single game in April or May.
  • AppChogieAppChogie Member Posts: 503
    When I am on leave I do but when I am playing soldier I fit it in whenever i can.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    They have Macs on the front line?
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    I think the better questions is how much time is spent on this forum instead of working on games....or, just instead of working. ;-)

    If that were the questions then my answer would have been "Over 4 hours" instead of "Under"...
    AppChogie said:
    ...playing soldier...
    I love that game!
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    Right now I'm probably spending under 4 hours a day, sometimes more lol. I'm still young so I still have to spend time with my family. I saved up $1500 in the past 2 months so I'm going to buy an iMac very soon, and then I'll get into more serious work
  • JackBQuickJackBQuick Member Posts: 524
    I'm working full-time and I have a family so I spend about 1 hour each night on either GameSalad or checking out what's happening in the forums.

    Game development for me is slow. I plan things and it could take weeks before I get around to it. Or, I read a question that catches my interest in the forums and spend a few days figuring out the solution.

    I'm having a lot of fun, though. GameSalad is a great tool.
  • WeswogWeswog Member Posts: 1,171
    Been using it every day and for a few hours just working on some little projects soon to come out and I will soon be getting an imac at which I am gonna get really serious and get some of my many started game ideas done :)

    Cheers, Weswog
  • IntelligentDesignerIntelligentDesigner Member Posts: 517
    12-16 hours per day on apps. Most of which are not games...
  • sebmacflysebmacfly Member Posts: 1,018
    Hurricane09 said:
    I do the 'other job' thing, so only do it when I can find the time...

    Me too, but sometimes i can work about 7-8 hours a day...
  • MegapixelIdeasMegapixelIdeas Member, PRO Posts: 476
    How can some of you spend 16 hours a day making games? Don't you have to eat, sleep and go to a Job?
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    yeah i start work at 7:30am in the morning finish at 5pm shower then straight onto game making until maybe 1 or 2 in the morning most days,then when the wife's moaning about me on my computer ill be learning lua on my iPad in the sitting room while watching bear grills on the tv so pretty much game making is consuming my life at the moment.
  • MagoNicolasMagoNicolas Member, PRO Posts: 2,090
    Im spending more or less 12 hours a day on this Stuff! I Really LOVE to make games and "Code".

    Cheers.
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    @gamedivisionuk, what are you using to learn lua on iPad?
  • MegapixelIdeasMegapixelIdeas Member, PRO Posts: 476
    gamedivisionuk said:
    yeah i start work at 7:30am in the morning finish at 5pm shower then straight onto game making until maybe 1 or 2 in the morning most days,then when the wife's moaning about me on my computer ill be learning lua on my iPad in the sitting room while watching bear grills on the tv so pretty much game making is consuming my life at the moment.

    That's only like 5 and a half hours of sleep! Aren't you always tired?
  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
    Hey Ultima,
    Not sure about him but I'm using iLua Box - http://www.mobileappsystems.com/products/iluabox

    Corona is awesome :D (GameSalad too ;))

    Matt
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    ultima said:
    @gamedivisionuk, what are you using to learn lua on iPad?

    I have the lua manual reading that and also links to others sites just reading something everyday and I'm starting to digest the info
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