Why projects fail.

There are so many people out there who say, "I'm gonna make a game, dammit!"

Less than one percent make it to a demo, even less to a full game. It's probably only in the hundreds.

Now, I want to hear what you guys think on the topic.

In my opinion it's over optimism. People want this awesome game better than the latest squenix release. That leads them to ultimate failure.

I think it's the projects whose developers manage their resources and time realistically who actually succeed.

What are your thoughts?

Lack of time has scuppered a couple for me, and a drop in confidence has often done it - I start with a super-fantastic idea, start building, and a few days later I lose confidence... and the optimism, I guess: "Fook me, this is far too big for me. Bugger it for a lark".

The main reason my projects fail is because I realize about a week in that all I've done is a large portion of graphics, and that I have no other skills save writing and a little scripting. And all my ideas involve completely custom graphics. XD

I also don't want to work with a team so I'm pretty much screwed.

I'm planning on learning more scripting this year and actually sticking with a project instead of going on to another one.

i think its cause people get bored, or overwhelmed. but thats just me.

I just suffer from short attention span.

I'm easily distracted by games that already exist.

I do think I may have come across the project I'm meant to see through to the end, though. Just have to find some tech-savvy persons to actually design it.

I think that all of the reasons posted above put together state why none of them ever get done.

Either that or the person creating it isn’t very good at it, like me for instance. I have a comical fantasy story, but no tools to create it. I started working on it, but it gets to the point where I eventually become tired with all the switches and I still haven’t spent the time to figure out variables (very important for certain scripts).

Yet, with the new game my brother and I are working on, I promise you, it’s not that, “We’re going making a game,” thing. It will be done, or I’ll pull my hair out! I haven’t finished a game before, so I would dishonor myself if I didn’t complete it.

well props to you for even trying to start

You meant, “What prompts you from trying to start?” or possibly what I would have said, “What is the initial jump that begets the construction?”

It all boils down to the ideal, and it’s so fantastic that the creator forgets about reality and time management to finish the project.