What are you currently passionate about it interested in? What are some cool things about that thing, or interesting stuff that you’ve learned?
To start things off, I’ve recently gotten back into Legos for the first time since I was a child and dragged my SO in with me. We’ve been building sets together, posing them, and decorating my apartment with some of them like the autumn center piece and bonsai tree. I’m also starting to show them how you can mix things together or go off script, changing and customizing a set to fit your own needs or tastes. It’s been really fun and I’d recommend it if you are looking for something to do with someone else.
I’ve also gotten into professional wrestling for the first time and been having a blast. My SO used to watch WWE/WWF as a kid and I asked them to watch a pay per view with me and it was like they got ripped back in time, getting super hype and cheering on the people they wanted to win. We’ve now started watching AEW and it’s been really fun when they point out the people that they recognize from when they were a kid and what they think of them.
That’s a relief at least!
When you get going again I’d really really recommend looking into version control and specifically Git. It’s free, it’s easy to learn, and it means you’ve got a way to back up your project but also keep a log of changes. If something is broken and you give up and want to flip a table you can just roll the project back to the last time it worked, if your computer is borked you can just clone the project to your new machine and pick up where you left off, etc etc.
It’s a really core basic thing to use in any kind of dev but I see way too many beginners, in game dev specifically for some reason, dodge learning it. So many lost projects could be avoided :(
My graphics card is coming today so I hope that puts me back in business. If it does, I will definitely check it out tomorrow first thing!
Famous last words. =P I jest but this is really solid advice. Git probably has the most resources to learn with, but there are other free version control options available beyond that, so if Git doesn’t click with you, it’s worth keeping that in mind!
Lol true. I remember it being easy to learn, but maybe I’ve blanked out the worst of it 😄
If all else fails we’ve always got ohshitgit.com!