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I Do Not Want To Do This Anymore

[raw] LD26LD #26 26. May 2013 · 17:34 UTC · 30 days after compo start by MrBlade · 2

I hate this. Flash refuses to work with anything. Yes, I am part of the problem. I am probaly most of the problem. But if Flash can’t import fucking MP3s, it is no fun.

I want to quit. It has take me about 50 hours just to make a stage with collision, collectables, and movement. Now, that is reasonable considering I have never made anything serious with Flash, but if it would work smoothly that would be really nice. Part of the problem is that I got lazy from using Unity. That is part of the reason I left for a while. If I can’t write a fucking Collider. Then I am just a fucking bad programmer. I love programming, I love debugging, but I fail at the smartbits like calculating collision stuff. This sucks.

I need to be a better programmer before I make games. Let’s just get this over with. Sorry for swearing and stuff. But this is very frustrating.

Comments

Westbow
27. May 2013 · 05:08 UTC
Hey man, don’t sweat it too much. Sure, maths are tuff, Unity (can) hide the details and guts and Flash is generally a pain to work with. But remember the core goal here is to make games! If Unity makes it easier, it doesn’t make you any less of a legitimate developer. A fun game is a fun game. Using whatever tools you can to get there is 100% acceptable.
27. May 2013 · 06:00 UTC
Neither would I be able to do a game in Flash, without a game engine on top of it.
jacklehamster
27. May 2013 · 19:56 UTC
I hope you don’t give up. Try to reach the end, even if you feel like it won’t be as good as you imagined.
deathray
28. May 2013 · 01:10 UTC
^ Good advice above!

Another option is to reach out to the community. Post some of your code or the problem you’re having, and someone can maybe help you solve it.
goerp
28. May 2013 · 17:32 UTC
If I program your collision detection, can you program the menu of my entry?

Seriously though, you can’t do everything yourself, there’s no shame in copying (learning) from others.

I actually program in Flash and I think Unity looks inimidating.