Jul 07

Goals.

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The posts title is rather devoid of humour, wordplay, archaic language or unnecessary formality. This does make me a little sad.

Moving on, time for some goals (SMART goals!). There are six initial shorter term ones I’m starting out with, as follows:

  1. Finish reading The Art of Game Design by the end of July.
  2. Work my way through iPhone SDK Development (including completing the projects in each chapter) by the end of August. This starts now, not after finishing The Art of Game Design.
  3. One piece of random creating fiction each month, by the end of the month (first piece by July 31). Why should games be the only thing I’m creating? This is practice in creating worlds, use of language, and somewhere for me to do whatever I like, really.
  4. My first playable iPhone game by the end of August. Need not be releasable finished, but with most game elements intact, working, and balanced.
  5. Improve my Japanese, such that I can pass the JLPT Level 2 in December. This goal needs a little more detail in how I’ll execute it, which will in turn be done by the end of the month.
  6. At least two posts here per week, on any topic; at least one dedicated gaming post per fortnight. More is always better though!

Longer term, and more vaguely speaking, I’d like to be in a position where I can seriously look at applying for work at some Japanese gaming companies for next year (April onwards). I’d also like to have a few games under my belt by the end of the year, say 3. These goals are a little less SMART, though.

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