I work as a consultant and a CTO for two people startup building a product(asp.net mvc,sql server).Here is what i'm doing :
Week days:work for two hours /day on the product no matter what(early on the day or after cosulting job hours).
Saturday: 8 hours on the product.
the difference beteen me and you is that i have a cofounder taking care of the marketing ,business side.May be you need your wife help on that or get a cofounder and give hime some equity.
I like the fact that the visual and musical aesthetic forced on early game designers by hardware limitations is now a desirable attribute in a new game. From the video the game looks and sounds great... In fact, I just bought it! Will report on my experience with the Linux version.
I don't know anyone under that age of 30, do the kids like the "8-bit" thing as well? :)
edit The Linux version is an Adobe Air package. Will try it out later.
17 years old and I can confirm this is indeed 'the business'[1], the retro aesthetic appeals to a lot of the younger demographic simply as a stylistic choice rather than a throwback to our youths. Limitation breeds innovation and as a result many games utilising 8-bit inspired graphics tend to have really unique art direction.
[1]: A phrase I may have just invented but plan to use frequently from this point on.
Could you go into a bit more details? I'd find it very interesting to hear about a fresh real-world experience with converting a HaXe game to another platform.
Are there many places where the same code should work but, for some reason, doesn't? Or have you knowingly made some parts of the code platform dependent, and simply need to port/independentize them?
For example some of the flash API is still missing from NME (a lib for the c++ target) & the performance (and more importantly bottlenecks) is quite different on different targets.
Not to mention all the browser limitations you have to work around if you use JS...
Man,a startup(coding in the begining,...) is like a marathon.if you work 8 hours/day with quality and focus it's enough if you can continue.
Working 15 hours/days and being sleep deprivated will leave you burn out.A good sleep is necessary for a good work.
it's oki to be impatient with the small steps ,but be careful with your health(the long term)that will help you finish the marathon
I do work 15 hours + a day already, and sleep 6 hours. It's just a matter of me dedicating the remaining time I have that I don't use for the startup, so that I'll have more time for the startup.
I take time off, and I'm really not stressed. In fact, I maintain a rigorous schedule of working out and running, and eating healthy.
I also don't drink or smoke even though most of my friends do(most of them were in College).
Thanks for the tips, but I'm really not impatient, and each step I take is carefully planned.
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