Great work takes hard work

http://pingmag.jp/2005/12/09/the-website-development-process/

I just lifted this site from TJ's blog because it has such truth in it about how to mentally engage in taking our Globaloria game-making through all the steps to completion. The Globaloria experience presents a real-life way of learning. Fits and starts. I find that sometimes formal education simplifies things too much in a "if you follow-the-directions, you will get there way" that does not reflect reality. The path to a great idea, or project, or game is never that straight forward. Innovative, great work comes from taking a risk and just starting. Then comes revisiting, changing, throwing it out, researching, starting again, talking it through, restarting, make some progress, reassess, change, move forward. A fluid, ever changing path. Lots of "Eureka" moments, lots of "this is driving me crazy" moments. It is the ability to engage oneself honestly in the process that brings success, satisfaction, and personal growth.