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Hey all!

I’m new to this subreddit so I apologize if this isn’t the right place to ask this question.

Me and a couple friends are planning on developing a game. We’ve never done anything like this and its a bit intimidating. I LOVE games and my passion for them is what gets me excited about creating my own. Thinking about all the different systems and gameplay mechanics is fun and I like drawing out how they would work. We decided we’ll likely use Godot.

I have a really big concern eating away at me though. I’m worried that through the process of creating my own game (which is going to be super hard), I’ll lose the passion and enjoyment I get out of games currently. I can totally see how breaking down a game to its most basic parts and struggling with bugs and all these things could change how I look at games. My passion for gaming is why I want to make a game in the first place, and I don’t want to lose it or ruin my love for games by making one.

Does anyone have any advice or insight? I’ve seen posts from people talking about how they can’t stand playing games anymore, or how all they can think about now is how everything works and how certain things could be done better. I really don’t want to take away the enjoyment I have from gaming.

Maybe the people posting that are full time game developers, and it won’t happen to me as someone who’s going to develop just a simple indie game as a hobby/passion project?

Or maybe it won’t happen if we use a game maker like RPG Maker or something, as opposed to programming everything manually?

Thanks for reading, kind of a long post. Any advice or comments are appreciated!