Developers: What is your favorite thing about developing?

[FLai]

Post here what you love about developing. What makes you keep going at it to get that final result?

[mnky]

the fact youll get a final result

[Vaza]

I enjoy it, its a hobby to me.

[Psilocybeing]

For me personally, it's getting into that state of mind where you're not really pushing towards the final end, but it's simply flowing into your dev space. I often catch myself just staring at the screen debugging/coding without realising it. It's hard to explain, but pretty funky

[Joey]

Originally Posted by Psilocybeing

I often catch myself just staring at the screen debugging/coding without realising it. It's hard to explain, but pretty funky

Kinda like your avatar O_O

[Psilocybeing]

Haha, yeah. There's actualy a story behind that. One of my friends always has these most extreme dreams, and they always make for great stories. In one of them, I turned up as a huge owl and seeing as I enjoy psychedelics I thought I would psych up the owl photo a bit

[PopcOrn DeVil]

Funnily... making games and stuff sometimes seems fun... oh yeah and seeing what you make go on the frontpage. I'm not technically a dev in this forum, I only just learned lua and only released 1 thing.

[Gutya]

Actually making something of your own, that people actually use.

[Moose]

i'm not a dev but i guess it is probably the feeling that u've acheived somethin and given it to the community of PSPUpdates, and is must be great when people really enjoy your game/app!!!!!

[muratcan]

Im not a dev but I guess it would be finally getting your application/game after a lot of hard work!

[AnonymousTipster]

I think at first devs get into coding because they want to end up with a cool game/app, but then they start enjoying the actual process of programming and do it more often. I end up losing many hours whilst programming because I enjoy it so much once I get into it. That, and being called the "Captain Insano of Homebrew" by one of the qj mods

@Phsil - I also have some pretty crazy dreams, I once dreampt my chemistry teacher was an owl, and just last night I dreampt about a terrier paddling around a lake on half a canoe whilst I was re-united with a long lost childhood friend which happened to be a fox!

[FLai]

for me it is when i throw something across the room when my comuter bugs while i am working on something

[Mast3r_Shak3]

Well Im currently coding my game and im about 65-70% done. But I have to say that its when you code something and when youre done, the feeling you get. Like "Yes I did it!" self-satisfaction i guess you could say. and its fun

[Art]

Then its off to woolworths to get a 2.00 or lower!

I am a sneaky *******!

That's funny because over here in Australia, Woolworths also have plenty of 2.00 or lower.

[PopcOrn DeVil]

Yeah when I got my PSP not too long ago, it was a 1.52... I love being a slow country.

[soccerPMN]

I like the feeling that I've accomplished something and made it myself, and it will be helpful (at least to me, all my apps are). Also, I enjoy developing because it is just so cool how one uses logic in a program, programming truly is all math, and I love math and am good at it. Even the letters have numerical (ASCII) values!

[Xodiac21]

i can't say i actually like coding.....hmm....i don't know why i really do it. maybe it's jus the challange.

i'm attempting to code a helicopter/SFcave game right now

[mannymix03]

realizing that you are making some people really enjoy their psp more... also i love the challenge... i always accept a program that is challenging... if i do a project and get it working in the first try i think that i need to do more.... i love debugging.... i will never ever be finished with a project... i just love continusly adding stuff

maybe thats better for you guys

[lui2603]

Getting on front page and seeing how many downloads you get

[Spirit]

Right now developing gets me angry because I am tutorial dependent to learn more about Lua at my early point of knowledge, but when I was working on my game, I kind of did it as a hobby. When I was bored, I developed the game.

[EminentJonFrost]

whats my favorite thing about developing?

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seeing something you create come together. (i havent made a game yet, in my life actually) but when you work hard on something and finish it, you become proud of yourself. its also a major plus when many people like or use what you make/did.

like i said before, i havent made a game. BUT, i believe i have a general idea to what i could feel like if it gets popular. March 31, this year, at my school was a talent show. i rapped "when i'm gone" by eminem (my favorite artist), the whole crowd of ~300 cheered when i was finished. i was on top of the world that night. i listened to the song like 70 (i'm not kidding, i'm not even exaggerating) times preparing for my first-ever time performing. its truly something else you feel.

when you please the masses with something you worked hard for...its worth it.

[Greenskull]

I think its the feeling you get when you play a game that YOU made! And also everyone saying that it rules!