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Day 18 is done! I even submitted one to a game jam. I'm really proud of most of these games. But I've been VERY tired. I have a full-time job, y'know. But by the end, I hope to join @lou.cool in the very small club of devs who've survived the 30 games in 30 days #gamedev challenge. Wish me luck!

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Oh wow, 18 done already! Great work! I wasn't expecting anyone else to try and tackle this crazy, unreasonable challenge, haha. Good luck with the remaining 12! (Try not to burn yourself out, though! Five years later, that's still one of the hardest things I've ever done.)

Thank you so much!! I'm glad to share this feeling with someone else. It is definitely the hardest challenge I've done, now that I'm this far in. But it's neat to observe how my creativity and stamina work, and how I operate being so tired lol But every day I get rewarded with a game at the end!

I feel like "30 games in 30 days" isn't something we CAN recommend to someone. Like climbing Everest, it has to be each individual that decides to make the physical and mental sacrifice, or not. But by the end I'm going to be so proud of myself! (Your 30 games looked super creative too btw!)

Yup, I've written a similar conclusion in my postmortem some years later (lou.cool/projects/30d... ): glad I did it, would not recommend haha. Especially while working full-time, btw! I don't know how you are doing that; I don't think I could've!

The biggest adjustment for me was to eat dinner immediately after work, so I can have the largest uninterrupted time to develop as possible. But it's so difficult, and I have been very sleep-deprived 😅 It's a once in a life-time sort of challenge, I'd say.