Lua Part (LuaParts.MaxValue)

Integrating Lua scripting into my game didn't exactly turn out as exciting as I thought it would. It is pretty sweet to type cube:SetPosition(x, y, z) in the console, and actually have the cube move around on the screen though. I'm not feeling like detailing much of the implementation because I don't think its really anything special at this point. A decent starting point and something to refactor a bit later on, that's all. And that's good enough for now. I'll come back to this thought at the end.

Working with and thinking about interfaces between Lua and C++ did get me thinking again about my .Net WinForms gui. I had originally started that project with the intentions of it becoming a generic game editor using my C++ engine, but got quickly frustrated trying to abstract and generify everything.

In case you haven't noticed by now, I only program at home out of boredom and its usually fueled solely by the randomness of my creativity. I have a hard time sticking to one project for long enough to get as much work done on it as I would like to. Contributing to that even more lately is work is pretty demanding of my creativity and in the evenings, on a creative level, I feel much more like consuming (playing Fable 2) than producing.

When creativity does come, it's hard to keep it going for the weeks on end I would need completely implement a certain feature. I'm thinking about bringing back the .Net Winforms gui I had started, but making a few changes and gearing it more towards being just tool to help in development of my specific game, and gradually make it more generic over time. Maybe if I have some different options of things to work on I'll be more likely to actually work on one of them instead of thinking I'm tired of that maybe I'll start a new project...

I've also made a few rules for myself.
Rule #1: No more deleting everything and starting from scratch!
Rule #2: To facilitate not starting from scratch, don't try to make everything perfect in the first attempt. Its much easier to refactor than to start from scratch.

I'd be interested to hear if any of you guys have any rules you follow to keep yourselves on track with hobby projects.