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Planning my second game and want to validate the idea before I build anything. It's a single player autobattler. Torn between two concepts and would love a gut check.

1. Bonewright: build your own monsters from body parts. Collect heads, arms, legs and torsos from elves, goblins and beasts, then slot them together. Each part adds stats and an ability and buffs the parts next to it, so you chase weird combos. Then your monster auto fights. New build every run.
2. Souljar: your army is whatever you kill. Beat an enemy, trap its soul in a jar, then equip it to fight for you. Your whole build comes from what you kill that run, so no two runs are the same.

Which one would you actually play? And does either sound like it would get boring fast? Any suggestions are welcome

Planning my second game and want to validate the idea before I build anything. It's a single player autobattler. Torn between two concepts and would love a gut check.

1. Bonewright: build your own monsters from body parts. Collect heads, arms, legs and torsos from elves, goblins and beasts, then slot them together. Each part adds stats and an ability and buffs the parts next to it, so you chase weird combos. Then your monster auto fights. New build every run.
2. Souljar: your army is whatever you kill. Beat an enemy, trap its soul in a jar, then equip it to fight for you. Your whole build comes from what you kill that run, so no two runs are the same.

Which one would you actually play? And does either sound like it would get boring fast? Any suggestions are welcome

Every time I think of an idea, I immediately talk myself out of it — "too many games like this already," "the market's saturated," "no one will play another one of these."

So two questions:

1. Where do you actually get your ideas from?
2. Is "too many of these games already exist" a real reason not to make something, or does execution matter more?

Feeling stuck and would appreciate any honest takes.

Every time I think of an idea, I immediately talk myself out of it — "too many games like this already," "the market's saturated," "no one will play another one of these."

So two questions:

1. Where do you actually get your ideas from?
2. Is "too many of these games already exist" a real reason not to make something, or does execution matter more?

Feeling stuck and would appreciate any honest takes.

This has been a problem for me for a while.

I get excited about something, start doing it, and then give up once it gets boring. Earlier, at least I would try things for a bit. But now I feel like I’m not even starting anything. My mind keeps jumping from one thing to another.

I’ll think, “Should I try this hobby?” and then my whole body is like, “No, that sounds like such a drag.” Then I look at something else and think the same thing again. This keeps happening, and I end up stuck in one place, not moving in any direction.

It’s not like I’m doing nothing at all. I’m focusing on my health, I have a job, and I’m managing basic things. But most of the day I feel bored, restless, and like I’m craving something meaningful to do.

I’ve always been a tinkerer type. I like learning new things, exploring ideas, and trying stuff. But right now I feel lost. I can’t decide what I actually want to do. And there’s also this fear in my mind that even if I start something, I’ll probably give it up again. Since I’ve seen that pattern in myself before, I end up not starting at all.

Sometimes I wonder if my dopamine system is messed up because of too much scrolling, reels, and constant distraction. I feel bored, foggy, and unclear. I can’t sit with one thing for long without getting bored or distracted.

At times I also wonder if I’m depressed, but I don’t think that’s it, because I still want to do things. I still want to learn, explore, and move in some direction. The problem is that I can’t seem to commit to anything right now.

Even when I did hobbies before, I usually couldn’t stick with them long term. And maybe that’s okay, because they’re just hobbies. But it creates this cycle where I keep searching for the next thing I’ll be interested in, and it gets exhausting.

I have around ten things I think I want to do, but I can’t tell which one I actually want to do enough to start. I also get confused about whether i should just do hobbies for fun or whether I should try to make money from them. Then I overthink everything and end up doing nothing.

I’m just bored, mentally foggy, and stuck. I want to do something, but I can’t decide what, and I don’t trust myself to stick with it anyway.

Any suggestions would really help.

This has been a problem for me for a while.

I get excited about something, start doing it, and then give up once it gets boring. Earlier, at least I would try things for a bit. But now I feel like I’m not even starting anything. My mind keeps jumping from one thing to another.

I’ll think, “Should I try this hobby?” and then my whole body is like, “No, that sounds like such a drag.” Then I look at something else and think the same thing again. This keeps happening, and I end up stuck in one place, not moving in any direction.

It’s not like I’m doing nothing at all. I’m focusing on my health, I have a job, and I’m managing basic things. But most of the day I feel bored, restless, and like I’m craving something meaningful to do.

I’ve always been a tinkerer type. I like learning new things, exploring ideas, and trying stuff. But right now I feel lost. I can’t decide what I actually want to do. And there’s also this fear in my mind that even if I start something, I’ll probably give it up again. Since I’ve seen that pattern in myself before, I end up not starting at all.

Sometimes I wonder if my dopamine system is messed up because of too much scrolling, reels, and constant distraction. I feel bored, foggy, and unclear. I can’t sit with one thing for long without getting bored or distracted.

At times I also wonder if I’m depressed, but I don’t think that’s it, because I still want to do things. I still want to learn, explore, and move in some direction. The problem is that I can’t seem to commit to anything right now.

Even when I did hobbies before, I usually couldn’t stick with them long term. And maybe that’s okay, because they’re just hobbies. But it creates this cycle where I keep searching for the next thing I’ll be interested in, and it gets exhausting.

I have around ten things I think I want to do, but I can’t tell which one I actually want to do enough to start. I also get confused about whether i should just do hobbies for fun or whether I should try to make money from them. Then I overthink everything and end up doing nothing.

I’m just bored, mentally foggy, and stuck. I want to do something, but I can’t decide what, and I don’t trust myself to stick with it anyway.

Any suggestions would really help.

I’ve always been weak at maths in school and never really enjoyed it. I think part of it was that I believed I was just bad at it, and maybe the teaching didn’t help either. I also probably didn’t have enough interest back then to really apply myself.

Years later, I’m now a software engineer, and I’ve become genuinely fascinated by astronomy. I want to understand how things work, observe the sky with a telescope, take readings, do research, and really go deep into the subject.

I want to approach this properly, and I think the best place to start is with maths, then physics, while also learning some basic astronomy alongside it. Given that I’m starting from a very weak maths background, what books would you recommend I get first for learning maths and astronomy in general?

I’ve always been weak at maths in school and never really enjoyed it. I think part of it was that I believed I was just bad at it, and maybe the teaching didn’t help either. I also probably didn’t have enough interest back then to really apply myself.

Years later, I’m now a software engineer, and I’ve become genuinely fascinated by astronomy. I want to understand how things work, observe the sky with a telescope, take readings, do research, and really go deep into the subject.

I want to approach this properly, and I think the best place to start is with maths, then physics, while also learning some basic astronomy alongside it. Given that I’m starting from a very weak maths background, what books would you recommend I get first for learning maths and astronomy in general?

I’ve always been weak at maths in school and never really enjoyed it. I think part of it was that I believed I was just bad at it, and maybe the teaching didn’t help either. I also probably didn’t have enough interest back then to really apply myself.

Years later, I’m now a software engineer, and I’ve become genuinely fascinated by astronomy. I want to understand how things work, observe the sky with a telescope, take readings, do research, and really go deep into the subject.

I want to approach this properly, and I think the best place to start is with maths, then physics, while also learning some basic astronomy alongside it. Given that I’m starting from a very weak maths background, what books would you recommend I get first for learning maths and astronomy in general?

I’ve always been weak at maths in school and never really enjoyed it. I think part of it was that I believed I was just bad at it, and maybe the teaching didn’t help either. I also probably didn’t have enough interest back then to really apply myself.

Years later, I’m now a software engineer, and I’ve become genuinely fascinated by astronomy. I want to understand how things work, observe the sky with a telescope, take readings, do research, and really go deep into the subject.

I want to approach this properly, and I think the best place to start is with maths, then physics, while also learning some basic astronomy alongside it. Given that I’m starting from a very weak maths background, what books would you recommend I get first for learning maths and astronomy in general?

I’m trying to understand rebirth in Buddhism, but I keep getting stuck on one question.

If there is no permanent self, then what exactly is reborn?

I understand the idea that mental patterns, habits, desires, karma, and tendencies continue in some way. But then where am “I” in that process?

For example, if I die with certain desires or tendencies, and those causes lead to another birth in a similar situation, is that really “me” being reborn? Or is it just cause and effect continuing without any actual person moving from one body to another?

And if there is no fixed self, then who gets nirvana? Who is liberated?

From a non-religious or scientific point of view, if we remove rebirth, then nirvana sounds almost like just dying and that being the end. Science usually says there is nothing after death, while Buddhism talks about rebirth. So if rebirth is removed, is nirvana basically just death?

I’m not trying to disrespect Buddhism. I’m genuinely confused and trying to understand this in simple terms. How do Buddhists explain rebirth and nirvana without a permanent self?