How to stay focused as a game dev

Hi I’m making a game and while working on it I tend to find myself logging out of studio early just because my thoughts fill up with discouragement and I feel like I’ll never make it on the front page and I’ll waste my money for nothing is there any way I can stay more focused and have my mind filling with bad thoughts every time I go into studio please give me your tips

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The best thing you can do is just dedicate some time each day to your game.

Say, “I’m going to try to finish this today.”, and focus completely on the task, even if it’s a very small goal.

Get rid of any outside distractions during the work period. Close discord, turn off your phone, turn on music, or maybe just work silently. Sometimes getting used to working silently will help you overcome greater and more difficult goals in the future.

Viewing your game in very small pieces like this is the best way to get through it. Try to complete these little challenges everyday, and your progress will soar.

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Thank you I’ll try this out and see if it helps! :grin:

I have this same logic, so everytime I just say “I am going to stay on studio”, but I never realized it was a bad thing, and I never thought of it until I have seen this. Great topic to work on.

Im the same. I always see my builds as trash and that people will think it looks horrible. One plugin you should get is ‘Words of Encouragement’.

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Yeah, that’s a good plugin in my opinion.