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12.18.2013

Failing the October Challenge

Two and a half months ago, I set a goal to finish Glass before the end of October, and then proceeded to fail. Finishing up turned out to be more time consuming than I anticipated, and trying to do it while also dealing with midterms was rather stressful. After October ended, I decided to give myself two more weeks, then failed to meet that goal as well, and pretty much stopped working on Glass altogether.

I did, however, manage to complete 27 out of 81 planned levels for the beta test. Ten folks have installed, although I don't actually know how many have completed past the first set of 9 levels.

Three things I learned from this experience:
1. Don't pull something like this during exams. It was too stressful, I burned out, and had no motivation after.
2. Making each individual puzzle takes a long time. It's not trivial at all.
3. Git is so very convenient, much better than uploading a zip file with everything in it to Google Drives every time something changes.

Winter break begins next week, and will last for four more weeks. Let's hope that I can accomplish something during that time.