How to do something complex?

  • dafer11
    12th August Member 0 Permalink

    Hi everyone. I'm writing this because my brain is entirely consumed by just maintaining a bare minimum of self-esteem. My question is the following: how do you make something complex (like processors or memory devices) in TPT? I just can't grasp some of the terminology right away. Could you please help me get up to speed with all this technical stuff?

  • KyleTheCreator
    12th August Member 0 Permalink

    @dafer11 (View Post)

     There is alot of tutorials and stuff. Subframe has uh subframe tutorial or smth 101. And etcetera. The way to actually do it is friction, friction in yo brain works like how ima say it [take with grain of sand] Imagine walking on a steep hill. Its hard as you start. But at the top. It proceeds to be easier

  • linfuciuscont
    12th August Member 0 Permalink

    Here's my general process for making creations. Every person and circumstance is different, so this might not work for you.

     

    The first thing that I do is keep a long list of project ideas. This allows ideas to sit in the background, perhaps accumulating inspiration along the way, over a period of weeks or months. Honestly, the way I make that list is not ideal, so I will not elaborate further.

     

    Once I have chosen a promising idea, I will meticulously plan out the project. I will first do a brain dump of my "initial ideas," followed by trying to make connections to any previous projects I have done. Sometimes projects have similarities, enabling me to benefit from past experience. Once that step is done, I break the project down into the smallest and most manageable steps I can anticipate, as well as setting a sufficiently well-defined goal.

     

    Setting an appropriate goal is hard and something even I don't claim to master, but it generally prevents the project from getting off track or ballooning beyond what I bargained for. I will also usually set a target time frame of how much and how long I want to work on a specific project, which also helps to maintain balance between different projects/topics I'm working on (my life is not dominated by TPT).

     

    Again, this might not work for you, but at least I claim to make a relatively detailed description, not vague magic philosophical non-solutions like "friction."

  • dafer11
    12th August Member 0 Permalink

    @KyleTheCreator (View Post)

     

    @linfuciuscont (View Post)

     Thanks for the advice, it's just that my brain is burning out right now + I'm currently experiencing creative burnout. I can't come up with ideas properly like I used to (3 times a day), but now it's more like once every 2 days.

  • Bishifted
    12th August Member 0 Permalink

    @dafer11 (View Post)

     Then take a break. It doesn't hurt to take a break; I get burnout all the time and take breaks.