Yes, I have taken a vacation from the game we are making.  Now it is time to get back into the groove and move forward.  

Sometiemes life intervenes and takes time away from you.  Be it your job or just putting too much energy into something and then having to take time off to rest.  For me it was both.  I am currently job hunting and I had put too much energy into the game for a while and it left me a bit tired for a few weeks.  

Now I am ready to get back into it.  Trying to find the balance between all of this is still eluding me, but I know that will eventually fix itself anyways. :)

So the Perdition Rpg is once again going to be the focus of things for a bit.  Now we just have to figure out what the next step is.  Where we need to move forward (or go back) and then go from there.

:)
 

So, things had been going very well with the game we are creating.  

Not saying things are not still going well, but I think I may have been overdoing it.  I was working on the game every day for quite a while and last week, I crashed a bit.  Too wiped out to think about anything game related and wishing I had more energy.  But that is a different topic concerning my lazy ass getting in the gym.  :)

Finding the balance between everything is getting harder.  I really want to concentrate on the game, but it is hard for various reasons.  1.  Lack of energy.  2.  Trying to get things done with my co-authors when all three of us work at different speeds.  3.  Making sure I do not ignore make girlfriend Natalie (our one year anniversary was Wednesday...GO US).  

Of those three I have the hardest time with #2.  I am such a control freak that it is hard for me to have to do things at other peoples pace.  Not to mention I do the most work on the game and then we get together and change everything I think of.  I have no problem with the last part if what we do makes it better, but the control thing is always going to be hard for me.  I want to talk and discuss this quickly, and sometimes the only person I can really do that with is Eloy 

chi_gobbler  He has been very helpful to help me think things through.  He is developing his own game and is almost done.  That is awesome.  

What I have learned about this is that I love the game me and my friends are making, but I am also going to want to make one by myself someday.  

If I can find the energy that is.  :)

 

The game is really starting to come along.  

For the longest time it felt like it was not really going anywhere.  I realize that I am the one that is most movitated of the three of us to get this done, and that tends to cloud my judgement in regards to where I think we should be...and what we should be doing.  Chris said it best when we me the other night.  I kind of picked this up and brought everyone else with me (I am paraphrasing cuz I do not remember exaclty how he put it).  That is something I have always done.  I love to lead and be in charge.  Even though in this case it isn't so much me being in charge as I am the one that kind of pushes us forward and organizes everything.  That would be the control freak in me.  I have to remind myself to let go of things from time to time or I can get a little crazy.

Back to what I was saying.  Chris and I me recently and we had a great meeting.  I had concerns about how we were gonig to delegate tasks for this especially with Chris and Henry's work schedules.  They tend to be a lot busier than I am and Chris especially had been very busy with his job.  So going into this meeting I really wanted to see where he was in regards to everything.  

A moment about Chris.  I give him A LOT of crap for some reason.  I am even really sure why.  But i do have to say after this meeting it really seems like he is into the game.  He really stepped up and is putting time aside from his busy schedule to really work on the game.  That is all I can ask for and his input has always been beneficial and even more than that he tend to balance out the over the top ideas Henry and I can come up with from time to time.  

I guess the bottom line is I feel great about where we are.  I am making contacts in the industry as often as I can and hopefully someday that will bear fruit.  

Everything is starting to click and hopefully this will only get better.