I use Runable sometimes for quick gamedev workflow stuff like prototype companion apps and UI mockups, and then this randomly popped up on my timeline
Are these startup giveaways ever actually real because giving the whole Apple ecosystem as SECOND prize feels absurd 😭
Every time I sit down to work on my game, I feel like I’m doing something.
I tweak a system, reorganize stuff, maybe rewrite something to make it cleaner, watch a couple devlogs, get a new idea halfway through and start thinking about that instead.
A few hours pass and it feels like I’ve been productive.
Then I look at it and… nothing really changed. No real progress. Just a bunch of small movements that don’t add up to anything.
I think I keep avoiding the parts that are actually uncomfortable, like committing to something messy or finishing something that isn’t perfect.
So I just stay in this loop of working on it without actually moving forward.
It’s kind of frustrating when you notice it happening in real time and still don’t stop.
I’ve been trying different ways to be more productive lately, and something started bothering me.
A lot of tools make me feel organized, but don’t actually save time. I still end up writing something, reformatting it, moving it somewhere else, cleaning it up again, and repeating the same steps.
It feels like the work isn’t reduced, it’s just rearranged.
The only things that have genuinely helped me are setups where the output is immediately usable. Something I can take and use without extra steps.
Lately I’ve been trying to simplify everything around that idea, less tools, fewer steps, more focus on usable output.
Curious how others approach this. What actually saves you time instead of just feeling productive?