Highway Gauntlet *UPDATE: 26th of April*

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I just got done beating the hell out of someone, so I figured I'd swing by and see how everybody's doing.

Flukemeister. Good for you that you're still working on this even though you've been referred to in a way that makes your name sound like a word for vomit.

Jeers, btw, to said poster. Jeers, however, also, to Fluke for using age as an excuse. I painted the Mona Lisa when I was eight, and by the time I was your age I was already well underway in the carving out of the Grand Canyon. Seriously, though, the whole reason I'm posting is to encourage you and to discourage certain others from posting against you...

When I made both of my games, I absolutely hated the graphics. I knew the games had good enough storylines to carry them through, but they would never be popular because the graphics looked like I'd been just a moment before voraciously devouring pig filth and then projectile vomited it all over my pen tablet. However, I wanted one game to get released ASAP and the other game was for the OROW comp, and therefore I had no more time to do anything with it. You, on the other hand, have all the time in the world.

When you make your graphics, are you all, "Holy mother of crap, that's awesome! I can't wait to finish this game so I can see this in action!" or do you just do it as fast as you can because you want to finish? My advice is simply this: take your time, make it to where YOU like it, and then when people say "0h m1 f3cking g4wd! Th15 i5 L1k3, 50 t3h suxx0rzz!!1!" you can actually stab them in the eyes until they bleed to death all over themselves knowing that you did your best rather than getting upset because people are being jerks to you. It has nothing to do with us wanting your game to be the best it can be, it has to do with you wanting your game to be the best it can be, and being happy with the finished project. When you are sure you've done the best job you can, people can't complain, and if they do, their opinion isn't worth the shit that rolls out of their mouths when they do.

I hope you get it done, and that you like what you get. That's why I like making games: for myself. Everyone else can inhale burning rubber vigorously. Do it for you and it'll be something you'll be proud of, regardless of what other people think.