Excellent advice Wrel. I try to go through life with the motto “Perfect is the enemy of good,” otherwise things will never get finished haha. Making a whole RPG is a giant accomplishment and you should be proud. Also I should say I’ve been watching you for like…12 years now and you’ve brought a lot of joy along the way :). Wishing you the best in the new year
As my best friend often reminds me, perfect is the enemy of good. I take that saying for granted a lot, but I've come to realize: Just because I understand the phrase doesn't mean I don't need to be told it. The years in game design have taught me that 'Good enough' and the pursuit of excellence are not only not at odds, but essential partners. That goes not just for projects, but jobs, careers, and sometimes even life directions.
What a surprisingly perfect video the algorythym decided to drop on me. Currently leaving a 4 year job I love the people at to get further in the baking field, and unsatisfied with 5E's take on DnD. Love how gritty it sounds from the link video as a fan of horror settings and the in depth lineage and backstory reminds me of traveler, I can see some detailed session 0's enabling the DM's to make connections between characters easier. I will absolutely be digging into this.
Thank you for this video Wrel, I appreciate the advice. Been watching you since early planetside 2 days and I just wanted to say you're awesome. I hope life brings you joy and success as we venture into this new year and beyond!
My new year resolution was to publish my game, and I did so about a week ago. It felt awesome, but also anxious at the same time seeing how it was hardly playtested at all and got nearly no proofreading. I can update it though, I can improve it with updates in the future, and also expand it. Perfect is an enemy of finished. I wish everyone good luck with finishing their projects!
Harumph, that's some classic life advice. Makes me think just last weekend I heard Frank Frazetta's granddaughter talking about how later in life his wife had started taking away some of his art pieces because he would try and go back and alter them or redo them even though they had been previously "finished" or "published" (and in some cases he made them subjectively worse). Perfection is a dangerous desire not only because you might never finish or mismanage time on small portions of the larger project, but because the consideration of how long it could take to reach an envisioned "perfect" state might stop one from ever even starting. In my life, I've fell into all those traps, haha.
I still think back to your thoughts on better gaming videos with semi-regularity. I don't know if it was a tipping point or just an ingredient, but I think getting less angry at games (particularly PvP) came from your advice. I still think about the children fighting on the bus story whenever I'm getting extra bitter for surface level observations.
I like the truism that “Art is never finished, only abandoned” Also appreciate you stopped when the video was good, instead of going on a 30 min deep dive
this year has been a bit tough for me getting laid off .. having nothing done for about 5 or so months but just jobhunting, still no girlfriend with 40 at least for next year i am covered on my jobside of things, and honestly having changed jobs is definitively for the better as my last employer was simply garbage with promising to be able to work myself up the careerladder when there were very limited positions already long taken and only working for minimumwage, yea 4 years of that is more than enough ... so moving on was more or less just a matter of time anyway .. who am i working for? .. well for myself, basic financial coverage .. hope next year i get better results
Excellent advice Wrel. I try to go through life with the motto “Perfect is the enemy of good,” otherwise things will never get finished haha.
Making a whole RPG is a giant accomplishment and you should be proud.
Also I should say I’ve been watching you for like…12 years now and you’ve brought a lot of joy along the way :). Wishing you the best in the new year
Dawww, thank you. 12 years feels like a lifetime ago. I appreciate you being here for it.
As my best friend often reminds me, perfect is the enemy of good. I take that saying for granted a lot, but I've come to realize: Just because I understand the phrase doesn't mean I don't need to be told it. The years in game design have taught me that 'Good enough' and the pursuit of excellence are not only not at odds, but essential partners. That goes not just for projects, but jobs, careers, and sometimes even life directions.
Totally agree, well said.
What a surprisingly perfect video the algorythym decided to drop on me. Currently leaving a 4 year job I love the people at to get further in the baking field, and unsatisfied with 5E's take on DnD. Love how gritty it sounds from the link video as a fan of horror settings and the in depth lineage and backstory reminds me of traveler, I can see some detailed session 0's enabling the DM's to make connections between characters easier. I will absolutely be digging into this.
Thank you for this video Wrel, I appreciate the advice. Been watching you since early planetside 2 days and I just wanted to say you're awesome. I hope life brings you joy and success as we venture into this new year and beyond!
♥ Thank you for the kind words Wrel, good to keep them close to heart
Have a great 2025 over there 👋
Hey Wrel, It's good to see you after so many days. I've always enjoyed your Thoughts on better gaming series, and this one reminded me of that.
My new year resolution was to publish my game, and I did so about a week ago. It felt awesome, but also anxious at the same time seeing how it was hardly playtested at all and got nearly no proofreading. I can update it though, I can improve it with updates in the future, and also expand it.
Perfect is an enemy of finished. I wish everyone good luck with finishing their projects!
Congrats on getting your game out the door, that's great!
Harumph, that's some classic life advice.
Makes me think just last weekend I heard Frank Frazetta's granddaughter talking about how later in life his wife had started taking away some of his art pieces because he would try and go back and alter them or redo them even though they had been previously "finished" or "published" (and in some cases he made them subjectively worse).
Perfection is a dangerous desire not only because you might never finish or mismanage time on small portions of the larger project, but because the consideration of how long it could take to reach an envisioned "perfect" state might stop one from ever even starting. In my life, I've fell into all those traps, haha.
I still think back to your thoughts on better gaming videos with semi-regularity. I don't know if it was a tipping point or just an ingredient, but I think getting less angry at games (particularly PvP) came from your advice. I still think about the children fighting on the bus story whenever I'm getting extra bitter for surface level observations.
I like the truism that “Art is never finished, only abandoned”
Also appreciate you stopped when the video was good, instead of going on a 30 min deep dive
this year has been a bit tough for me getting laid off .. having nothing done for about 5 or so months but just jobhunting, still no girlfriend with 40
at least for next year i am covered on my jobside of things, and honestly having changed jobs is definitively for the better as my last employer was simply garbage with promising to be able to work myself up the careerladder when there were very limited positions already long taken and only working for minimumwage, yea 4 years of that is more than enough ...
so moving on was more or less just a matter of time anyway ..
who am i working for? .. well for myself, basic financial coverage ..
hope next year i get better results
Dang, that's rough. Hope next year goes better for you. Fingers crossed.
@@WrelPlays at the very least i can be more optimistic on next year
thank you for the kind words, hope you had a good christmas, stay well :)
I pray the best for you!
@@CommissarWombat thank you sir, all the best to you too 🙂