Title explains for itself.

Honestly, the greatest challenge I've faced in the past when developing games was trying not to give up when a) the going got tough (e.g after realizing I coded myself into a corner) or (more often) b) the going got boring, when I lost the drive to continue the project (typically after the initial 2-3 week long "honeymoon phase".

I didn't overcome them. Sounds pathetic but real life isn't a TV show. At least, not mine.

problem: clunky bloated interface that was a resource hog

solution: switch from Unity to Godot

So far getting two sliders in the options menu. One for music and one for sound effects. It was mostly a pain because of the way the GDevelop handles volumes so had to make a work around so some sounds don't be too loud

Lack of free time. Due to IRL getting in the way, I have a full-time job, AND a part-time job and while it is a pretty comfy place to work at on both counts, I just lack the sort of free time to produce my own assets/ take photographs of places and sit down for any extended period of time to really go into a code frenzy.

I don't let that get in the way, though. It's hard work, but little by little, I'm getting things done.

PS: Commenting your code helps great for when you boot up the ol' computer and ask yourself 'what was I doing here last time?'

Every iteration of the overworld map I made for Forest Shack 2 was always lacking in some sense. The more atmospheric versions just failed to give the player agency on where to go, while the ones that gave the player enough vision on where to go looked bad, having no atmosphere no matter how much I tried to pretty them up.

I managed to fix that by trying design after design, until I improved my knowledge to the point that I could go back to the more atmospheric versions, but implementing some new mechanics that gave the player foreknowledge of what might await them.

It was a huge headache during this last year of development, but now the player could make meaningful decisions without sacrificing the atmosphere while traveling from encounter to encounter. 🐀👍