What's going on with your life?

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I got brought onto this indie gig and signed a contract to do said things and have said things happen. I ended up not getting paid when it was said to happen, and that voided the contract so I had to end up burrowing money from my family while legal action is taken with all that shit and overall it was real dramatic. It was relieving though to know I have such a great family who supports and believes in me. My good friend who has been in the industry longer than me was explaining to me that its becoming less uncommon for these indie shits to just screw people over and its sad.

Anyway in regards to you Sprony, you're a genuine person, as far as someone like I can tell over the internet, so I have good faith itll work out for you, and you'll find that job that makes you happy in your core, and in the end thats what matters more, not how much money you have, at least in my opinion.

Yeah you gotta watch out for that. I was once left homeless after a company I worked for screwed me out of about 7000$

Basically don't let the amount they owe you to accumulate. Make sure there are regular payments. I trusted them for 2 months when they said they were getting the money together. My fault for trusting them.

Should be going to Freedom And Liberty Land in the beginning of May with trips to San Francisco and possibly Valve

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So I decided to start waking up between 4 and 5am every day and do all the chores and studying I try to do after work, before work. The result is I actually get it done because I often feel sleepy and procrastinate on days when I try to do chores and study after work. My Japanese is finally starting to not suck.

I also hike 6km to work early and try to leave at 5pm every day with an extra 30 min break to read. I really like the environment at work so I don't mind staying longer and doing my reading and studying there. I still work 8 hours but I break it up more with activities and lunch. Plus they have free coffee and food.

Anyways I just hit 4 weeks of keeping it up. I feel way better already. The best part is when I get home from work, since I already have all my chores done, I can play video games without feeling as guilty that I have to do life stuff. It's a lot easier to enjoy gaming when you know you dont have a bunch of adult responsibilities you still haven't performed. I've been playing more video games lately than I have in the last 5-6 years.

I do worry about keeping it up though. I've managed to have burst phases in the past where I do good for a week or so but then degrade into a more procrastination prone style of living. The fact I've managed to keep it up for 4 weeks is promising. I hope I can keep it going.

Anyways another great thing about getting up so early and going to work early is seeing the sunrise on the bridge every day. Here's how it looked today.

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Geez that post just made me want to reorganize my life a little bit. I'll try but... I'll try lol.

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Wow Alex, impressive commitment! Wish you the best in keeping it up.I used to get up at 6am for a morning run and I know how good that was. And as romantic as it sounds, seeing the sun coming up really does make you feel better!

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Shit, sorry man. Wish you find a solution soon enough. As other mentioned, we know you weren't happy in that workplace so it might just work better for you!All the best, keep it strong!

Thanks for all the support and suggestions guys! I'll keep you all posted on further developments. It feels good to have the Core to back me up in times like these!

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Should be going to Freedom And Liberty Land in the beginning of May with trips to San Francisco and possibly Valve

Awesome dude. what you goin over there for, to meet the UWE guys?

Nah, He just wants to finally try some decent steak

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Awesome dude. what you goin over there for, to meet the UWE guys?

Aye. All of us, pretty much. Because Subnautica works really well with VR Valve has invited us up to see them as they're doing a little conference on their VR set

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Aye. All of us, pretty much. Because Subnautica works really well with VR Valve has invited us up to see them as they're doing a little conference on their VR set

You do realize you have to leave your house now right? Travel, leave your city and even Wales. Are you going to be ok

It's valve, can't really say no to the chance.

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Awesome dude. what you goin over there for, to meet the UWE guys?

Aye. All of us, pretty much. Because Subnautica works really well with VR Valve has invited us up to see them as they're doing a little conference on their VR set

That sounds amazing dude, what an opportunity. Have a great time!

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You do realize you have to leave your house now right? Travel, leave your city and even Wales. Are you going to be ok

LOL

he's got you there bro. you're gonna enjoy that shit tho

Released alpha 1.0.0 version for my first game. What an excellent feeling having finally "delivered".

Spent roughly 3+ months working on it, learning new stuff about server programming and Amazon Web Services etc.

More importantly I think I learned a lot about myself and about finding motivation to keep going. Working on a project by yourself

certainly means there's no boss behind your back and no co-workers that do the jobs you're not willing to do. You are responsible of everything.

You can only cheat yourself by not working and procrastinating as there's nobody else.

Obviously the game is not the best evar but like an ugly baby, I love it because I made it . Going to make small updates once a week

until I get it to a level that I'm comfortable to release iOS and Android versions of the game.

This week I'm going to start learning Unity and next week I'll working on my 2nd game

Also excited for spring and summer!

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I'm always amazed by your infinite wisdom Sprony. You're a truly source of inspiration when you're not on the EOT. I had bad times these last few weeks, and still, and several times I told myself: "Wait. What would Sprony do? He would face the problems, kick their ass and keep the head up." So I did.

WWSD t-shirts anyone?

In other news. I'm getting cold feet at my job... I keep kidding myself into thinking I can help bring them up to date and that there's a chance for progression, but it's an uphill struggle every day, and a man who should be in a junior role running the web development for a company just isn't a good idea!

I'm a uni drop-out which makes things harder (which I knew full well at the time), but... I feel so wasted here, I know I can do more, but then recruiters... I'm always just one check box away from having a chance to talk to someone who could see what I'm capable of, not just a sheet of numbers.

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WWSD t-shirts anyone?

In other news. I'm getting cold feet at my job... I keep kidding myself into thinking I can help bring them up to date and that there's a chance for progression, but it's an uphill struggle every day, and a man who should be in a junior role running the web development for a company just isn't a good idea!

I'm a uni drop-out which makes things harder (which I knew full well at the time), but... I feel so wasted here, I know I can do more, but then recruiters... I'm always just one check box away from having a chance to talk to someone who could see what I'm capable of, not just a sheet of numbers.

Is it that you are under paid for what they have you do or are you over qualified for what you are doing? I'm not exactly understanding the problem?

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Is it that you are under paid for what they have you do or are you over qualified for what you are doing? I'm not exactly understanding the problem?

Neither really... I've tried writing out a few versions of my thoughts on the situation, but they come out sounding jumbled and confused. So I offer this instead:

TL;DR - University drop out, lucky to have a job where he can build skills for future jobs is crying because the company he works for won't let him help them with simple, efficient solutions to which would keep his maintenance work load down AND look much better on a CV for himself.

Yeah, I guess that's it, just venting frustrations... I could bitch all day about how poorly run the company is, but what it boils down to is poor communication and not knowing how to utilise me.

I am often told by colleagues and other friends that you should "never make yourself redundant". I think it's a disgusting, totally abhorrent work ethic, and I would rather have a piece of software that runs with next to no maintenance and be out of a job knowing what I'd made, than having to drag myself back to the company to keep it running/updated for them. Some might call it lazy, I like to think of it as efficient.

I'm using Fruity loops but I don't know if one day I will make something decent !!!

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Whoops sorry, I missed this. I'll start following you on SoundCloud and listen when I can.

I use Logic Pro X. I must say that paired with a decent MIDI keyboard it's extremely good, probably the best music-related thing I've ever used and that includes the very expensive Yamaha workstation I used to have. What really separates it for me is the usability — we all know that Apple usually nails this — and the quality of the built-in instruments and especially synths, which I've used for everything I've done so far.

It's so good that I'd honestly say that many muscians would be best off buying a Mac Mini and this software (which is £150). I can only assume that Apple sells such excellent software for so cheap because they know you need their hardware too. It's easily as good as its £700+ competitors like Pro Tools, arguably better.

My gf and I are thinking about buying a small Midi keyboard, she for learning piano and me for doodling on Music Maker Should be possible to find a -100$ on Amazon