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The lesson I got the hard way from game dev is I have limited time. I learned that I have to always make sure that my game plan is doable within allocated time.
My advices are:
1. Make small game and finish it.
2. Don't use AI. Code the game and make the assets yourself. Use free assets if you have to.
I had burnouts while working on my first beatmup and I still have them after making game. My solution is to take a break by playing some video games.
I don't have any dev who inspired me to become a game dev. I don't care much who made the game, as long as I love the game, I could use it as inspiration.
As I've posted yesterday, the feature to raise current blocks in Fire Leaf Water was buggy. I had to code new code to replace that cause the old one can't be salvaged.
My biggest dev mistake is attempting making narrative based game during game jam. I am not fan of that type of games so it failed.
I declare my games ready to ship based on these requirements:
Happy Valentine day!!!
Krago's dual arm feature took more time and effort to work on. I thought I could just copy some files and edit some lines but turns out there were more scripts which need to be adjusted as well.
Aside of good ol copy n paste and search function, the only thing saves my time the most are my game templates and my other games.
I usually use either one of those to start my new game and copy scripts from others if needed.