[ 📚 ] Your Path to Motivation in GKC (aka how to cure boredom)

[Fergo]

We’ve all had times when we dropped too many ideas and needed more. Some of us even asked others to make us thumbnails for something we eventually gave up on.
I’m going to try and fix that! What is your problem, Player?
) “…”
Motivation, huh? The one thing in our way of making good maps.
I’m going to give you these books to read about motivation. Read. Them. All.

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Gimkitsuggestor's Personal Lecture

I am a very Anxious and lazy But Strong Dev in Gimkit
It comes down to my Will-Power I will go into description on What I mean,

So firstly:

I have been learning a new Coding language specifically for coding Roblox games and it veered me away from Gimkit and another factor of the veering away was just aging and getting older and a Increase on my Anxiety. So I had lost quite a bit of interest in Actually opening the Website.

I was mostly scared that If I opened Gimkit I would get my mind too set on Gimkit that it would rust me of my skills I learned for making Roblox games.

I have always been quite full of it when it comes to my ADHD and Autism which holds me back from myself. And I absolutely despise it because I am fully aware of it and I cannot contain it properly.

Now Second:

this is the part where I explain where I help guide myself to motivation. Heres a quote for example

@Gimkitsuggestor

Nothing can Stop you unless you let it

Think on that quote… Its the reason behind this whole idea of “Motivation”
Will you let yourself turn down what you want to do? even if you have been lacking the Motivation to do it? Why succumb to those thoughts? Let me just say: Its Human Nature To lay stuff off and that’s the Bane of many of us
I myself for some reason am quite a writer and for some reason figure out my own problems by thinking in a sort of Logical/Philosophical means.

Here is what I said towards what was my problem

@Gimkitsuggestor

so Will is key? I must give myself the Will to do it or I am nothing but a shrimp to this evergoing cycle of life?
I must put aside my concerns and JUST DO IT?
Nothing is stopping me except myself?
Am I the problem? Do I got a mental wall stopping me from going on with what I want as if My brain is protecting me from doing something new and big. I must put aside my brains protective barrier to fulfill what I want in this life and not what my brain tells me to do? its my path? my choices, my life, Life is Short so enjoy it, The only thing that can stop you is yourself, Nothing can Stop you unless you let it

All this Time all It took was opening the website and just simply playing around in Creative? All this time I worried of stuff beyond me? If I just enjoy myself isn’t that all that matters?

What I am saying in this quote is mostly my Realization that the only thing holding me back from my successes is Myself Crazy right?

Lastly, The Solution

it all comes down to the question “Is this what you want to do?”
Choose all you want to be Lazy but in the end Is that what you want?
Never ever Doubt yourself just because you cannot do it, I have fallen down that hole oh so much, And I do not want any of you going through that.
Simply open the app and have Fun it is no chore to make your game, Its a
ACTIVITY and a PASSION

Do not ever fret about it simply enjoy yourself, if your not enjoying it, maybe its not right for you.

Starting out

Trying to start strong and end strong will result in burnout. It’s possible, though you have remember that breaks are important!

It is very difficult to create something beyond your expectations if you attempt to rush through the whole thing and finish in only, perhaps, a month or so.
Take Geometry Dash as an example!
Limbo took nearly three YEARS!

If you do want to finish quickly, maybe due to a deadline, or maybe because you have better things to do;
You need to downsize your next goal to something small after creating something big.

My start

My smaller effort

Even just adding something tiny can help. It feels good to be able to contribute to a project, even if you only added a little room.

Time budget

You cannot spend too much time on one thing, or else it becomes a slow walk trying to build your game. It’s all about budgets here.
For example, from the image earlier in ‘Starting out’, I spent almost an hour on it, which is the absolute limit that I cannot pass.
Animations are also a big thing. Create one with over 30 frames, and you’ll likely feel burnout.
Some exceptions include complex systems and repetitive wiring/channeling.

Dont make one thing stand out from the rest in terms of quality, because that creates a new standard for your game that you might not be able to reach.
It doesn’t feel good when you cant reach a goal you’ve set. It feels like you’ve let down people.
Theres an image used widely as an meme that I feel represents this well.

When you see the detailed and fully rendered part of the horse in the back, theres an expectation set for the future, for a finished and beautiful drawing. But when you go further, dissapointment strikes with everything else falling way, wayyy below your expectations, becoming so bad its funny.
To avoid that, you have to make everything consistent!
You could increase your budget per each part of the game, to make sure that the quality doesnt suddenly jump or drop.

The lobby

You can’t spend too much time on your lobby, like I almost did. It felt miserable to go back and try to finish that map.
A good lobby is needed, but special ones are only for short games.
If there’s any Gims, make their heads/bodies a circle instead of an oval. It’s not time-consuming and keeps the actual memory down.

JUST. DO. IT.

In order to progress forward, first you must get started. Quote from a guy I guess.
No, seriously. You want to make a flashy platformer? Put the barriers down. You want to make a maze? Put the barriers down. You want to make a Forsaken game?

Put the triggers down.

Force yourself to do it sometimes, and eventually you’ll want to do more. And then that will encourage you, and then that will encourage you more, and then that will encourage you even more, so on and so forth.

…SO HELP ME, I SEE “dropping this project rn bc loss of motivation yuh” OR “too many people got to me, I quit”, PLEASE JUST-
wait I’m not CircleToonsHD (please watch)

Just Do It.

Motivation is created, not awaited

Heya guys, @Heliolatry here.

As an artist, animator, gamer, game creator, ^[1] and extreme perfectionist, I’m quite familiar with losing motivation. By no means am I a venerable guru who has transcended the scope of “burnout” and is here to impart my flawless, illustrious knowledge garnered over time.
I’m not perfect, and I still burn out embarrassingly often.
But maybe someone will find my words useful.

Losing motivation is a serious problem for me and if I had to give you an estimate, I would say that approximately ninety percent of the art or projects I start end up… unfinished.
Motivation is a very strange and elusive creature, one that comes all at once, whether or not you’re ready for it, and leaves you in the dust just as quickly as it came. It’s amazing how we can start something with so much willpower and excitement, only for it to evanesce within a matter of days. To leave us actively dreading the mere thought of returning to that project.

But I’m not here to wallow about it – you came to learn how to solve this issue, not to listen to me rant pointlessly.
So you want to retain your motivation, player? Allow me to offer you this.

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Find your reason. Why are you making this map or project? Is it a due date, trying something new, or experimenting with the editor that is keeping you going? A multitude of things? Is this perhaps a passion project, like many of mine? Maybe understanding your reason can help you persevere.
The issue with passion projects is that motivation is very spontaneous. You may begin completely devoted to your idea, feeling as if you could tackle everything at once and finish with a flourish. And, sure, maybe you will – but I know you, and chances are, you will end up soon sitting and staring miserably at your device.

Unfortunately, life goes on, and even if you have all of the motivation and materials at your disposal, you may be pulled away naturally, externally. Perhaps you have other duties to attend to – school, work, chores, whatever it may be – and thus you waste your time and energy and find yourself back to square one.
Anticipate these events. Distribute your workload. Do you find yourself working on one thing in great, unnecessary detail for hours, while other necessities are neglected? Switch tasks, and don’t let yourself dwell on every little thing, or you will ultimately drop that shiny motivation diamond. Maybe doing something else will refresh your mind, and you can return to your original task with new eyes.

One of my favourite quotes is, “Make it exist first. You can make it good later.”

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That’s all the books I have right now. This is an ever-expanding library of Kat badges motivational support, and you might become a contributor someday!

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Editors!

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Fergo - first three tips and making this a wiki :D
cheezesRcool - (maybe) improving those three tips
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Heliolatry - “Motivation is created, not awaited” section

Notes (if this ends up being mostly empty feel free to delete)

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then both bold and itaclized words dont work

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1. in silly stuff like Gimkit and GD and Goober Dash but still ↩︎

[recalledMemories]

Personally I wouldn’t use words like “lower-effort” because it comes with the negative connotation of putting less effort in, which is something you should never do. Instead I would say something like: “If you start big, do a smaller goal afterwards” or something of the sorts

I would also say that with Time Budget you should clarify that working on one thing for an hour being taking a break from game design or working on a different system, because sometimes systems I make will take hours simply because they are complex systems that take a long time to set up. However I would put in a warning that you shouldn’t have too many WIP systems at once because it can also start to stress you out because of the amount of stuff that you have unfinished.

As for the lobby I think that this is the one point I don’t agree with because the lobby should be one of the most high effort things in the game because its the first intro to your game. If this is bad but your game is really high quality players will still be less likely to play because the lobby doesn’t look as good.

[Char]

I think the only reason I take a long time in making my game is that I’m trying to make sure every single mechanic works properly and all of my stuff is can be pretty confusing if you were to look at my map rn

[No_Longer_A_Noob]

isnt that just working on a game in general

[Fergo]

I’ll make sure to change it to your preferences.

Gotchs, char.

[dumdumstudios]

ive started 8 different projects and scrapped 5. im going to need this.

i also think though that people should be okay with quitting certain projects if they arent motivated enough. You should try to finish something at a lot of instances, but if you arent very far into the project and youve lost most motivation, its not inherently a bad thing to quit

[CC26]

@Fergo

If there’s any Gims, make their heads/bodies a circle instead of an oval. It’s not time-consuming and keeps the actual memory down.

Wait, making a barrier bigger takes up more memory?

@Fergo

@CC26, to make an oval with barriers, it needs two circles and one square.
You can’t make ovals with one.

Whoops, idk why I thought I could do it with only one

[Fergo]

I do want to point out that lobbies mainly just need a closed area and some decorations.
That’s minimal.
I kind of did the intermediate level of lobbies.
@CC26, to make an oval with barriers, it needs two circles and one square.
You can’t make ovals with one.

Anyway, feel free to add in other ways to save your motivation.

[Char]

Yes, but I just get fed up with testing it so many times that I just lose motivation to continue for the moment due to complexity

[CommanderGOAT]

Hey @Fergo, could I add some stuff to this?

[Fergo]

Yes, you can! Everybody has permission unless they have messed it up at least one time.

[Gimkitsuggestor]

I got a interesting question, I am not doing much Gimkit because I have been focusing on Roblox LUA which makes Roblox games and has a lot of more functionality than Gimkit?
I cannot find the motivation just to pass the time on it although it would be fun to do as I can incorporate my coding skills from learning LUA to help better understand blocks

I think one of the lying factors of my laziness is the fact I cannot catch up with Gimkits updates so I feel demotivated to work since there is new stuff I need to learn and or is my game good enough and up to date

[Fergo]

Roblox’s LUA doesn’t change and probably won’t for a long time, so it’s easier to be motivated because you know there isn’t some simpler, more efficient way to make your systems every week.

But since this is a combination of Gimkit devices and Scratch block code, it’s much harder to be motivated because there is no clear way to make things, because there are almost always two ways to do it.

That’s why this is here.

[Gimkitsuggestor]

@Fergo

But since this is a combination of Gimkit devices and Scratch block code, it’s much harder to be motivated because there is no clear way to make things, because there are almost always two ways to do it.

Trying to interpret what you mean by this, You mean how Gimkit runs off blocks like scratch but wdym less motivated Im tryna get motivation…

I think my brains worry is If I focus on Gimkit I will forget all about LUAU and or LUA like I did to HTML I was a fanatic at it but it just faded away
I cannot write a single line really anymore in HTML because all that info went to waste as my mind progressed

I am just a overly jumbled and anxious but highly capable Dev
I am simply lazy and scared to lay waste to past skills
I am one of the lots of the strongest Devs on here but I have layed waste a little to Gimkit due to the anxiety of learning the new devices and just purely EY I wanna come back but you keep going on without me
I would rather do my long term achievement of learning LUA that updates weekly or so but it does not ruin the main coding in LUA its mostly the same
I am held back by the fear of being left behind and not being good enough to keep going

I just do not know where to start I am anxious but wanting to start and etc its just many factors I cannot express due to my social skills I suck at expressing stuff mostly, I do not even know if these paragraphs even explain what I am feeling.

[Fergo]

@OneBirc080607, CommanderGOAT still has some things to add. I’m going to re-check the box so that it lets others know that they’re editing.

Note to y’all to read the posts below the topic.

@Gimkitsuggestor, a wise me once said, “Will is a strength that gives you strength. It is contained within the other 90% of your brain, part of which has been unlocked.”
How’s that?

[Gimkitsuggestor]

I need the craziest of inspiration and philosophical writings to get me going again I seem to succeed if I get told something with deep meaning towards my concerns

so Will is key? I must give myself the Will to do it or I am nothing but a shrimp to this evergoing cycle of life?
I must put aside my concerns and JUST DO IT?
Nothing is stopping me except myself?
Am I the problem? Do I got a mental wall stopping me from going on with what I want as if My brain is protecting me from doing something new and big. I must put aside my brains protective barrier to fulfill what I want in this life and not what my brain tells me to do? its my path? my choices, my life, Life is Short so enjoy it, The only thing that can stop you is yourself, Nothing can Stop you unless you let it

All this Time all It took was opening the website and just simply playing around in Creative? All this time I worried of stuff beyond me? If I just enjoy myself isn’t that all that matters?

[Gimkitsuggestor]

I was in a deep state of mind there…
Did I just explain my issue? and my solution?

how would you suppose I insert it @Fergo? I have no idea where I should do it at

[Fergo]

Yes, you did, and for that matter, insert that knowledge into the wiki.
With context, of course.

[Fergo]

@Gimkitsuggestor

how would you suppose I insert it @Fergo? I have no idea where I should do it at

Wait for CommanderGOAT to finish, and put it below “The lobby” details.

I’d like the slowmode removed, I can’t answer questions fast enough.
@PhoenixWander
Am I able to edit without restrictions because I am the OP?

[Gimkitsuggestor]

Simply put what I said like just quote it?