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Marugi March 18th, 2016 7:24 PM

Should I quit making my rom hack?
 
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a rom hack, but I'm also a community college/high school student. I find it hard to balance making a rom hack, gaming, school, work, and sports. I feel like I won't be able to complete my rom hack because of my responsibilities. I also tend to get frustrated when I encounter a roadblock in the making of my hack. What do you think?

GiovanniViridian March 19th, 2016 2:04 AM

It's better to focus on your college/high school work in my opinion.

C me March 19th, 2016 2:27 AM

Roadblocks are part of the fun, they shouldn't make you quit but work harder to find a solution for them. Even a little work once a week can go a long way but don't rom hack over your studies. If you really feel passionate about your ideas, keep going. If you don't then quitting wouldn't hurt you that much, it's only been 5 months.

Marugi March 19th, 2016 9:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GiovanniViridian (Post 9170195)
It's better to focus on your college/high school work in my opinion.

Yeah, school has always been my first priority.

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Originally Posted by C me (Post 9170202)
Roadblocks are part of the fun, they shouldn't make you quit but work harder to find a solution for them. Even a little work once a week can go a long way but don't rom hack over your studies. If you really feel passionate about your ideas, keep going. If you don't then quitting wouldn't hurt you that much, it's only been 5 months.

Ok, I think that makes sense. I don't need to dedicate my whole life to rom hacking.

Logan March 19th, 2016 1:05 PM

I wouldn't listen to anyone else in this situation really. This decision should be 100% your own in my opinion.

azurile13 March 19th, 2016 1:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marugi (Post 9169915)
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a rom hack, but I'm also a community college/high school student. I find it hard to balance making a rom hack, gaming, school, work, and sports. I feel like I won't be able to complete my rom hack because of my responsibilities. I also tend to get frustrated when I encounter a roadblock in the making of my hack. What do you think?
Is real life more important than ROM Hacking?

Yes, OP. Yes it is :) Really though, you don't need to "quit." Just place it at the bottom of your list. You can work on ROM hacking like, once a month or whenever you have time. Unlike real life, there aren't any deadlines here.

Crizzle March 19th, 2016 8:11 PM

If you want to do something, you have to do less of something else. Trade offs, man.

esperance March 22nd, 2016 9:36 AM

Unlike your real life obligations, ROM hacking is a hobby. You have no obligation to keep on hacking. As a hobby, ROM hacking is something only you can decide to continue doing, and you certainly shouldn't be pushing aside responsibilities as if ROM hacking should be on an equal level as them. Only you can decide whether you do/don't have the time to put into this, and whether you're actually interested in keeping at it.

NarutoActor March 22nd, 2016 7:42 PM

Maybe try decreasing the size/scope of the hack, make milestones and achieving those goals will make you feel like you can take a break and that you have accomplished something.

Hope that helps, in anything you decide you can always go back to Rom Hacking. Contrary to what some people say I believe there will always be a niche group of people working on their pokehacks. :)

GiovanniViridian March 25th, 2016 3:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Lostelle (Post 9174816)
Unlike your real life obligations, ROM hacking is a hobby. You have no obligation to keep on hacking. As a hobby, ROM hacking is something only you can decide to continue doing, and you certainly shouldn't be pushing aside responsibilities as if ROM hacking should be on an equal level as them. Only you can decide whether you do/don't have the time to put into this, and whether you're actually interested in keeping at it.

This.

I suggest to do ROM hacking as a free time hobby too, and it's better to have an interest in doing it since you're more motivated to work on it.

Munichtastics March 25th, 2016 3:49 AM

Always focus on school before anything else.
Its your future...
You can always plan your school projects and see where u get some free time to work on your rom hack.
But dont throw something away that you love to do, sometimes you need to clear your head

Jaizu March 28th, 2016 3:17 AM

I think school is more important, but that's your decision mate!

PokéMew March 28th, 2016 7:15 AM

I find myself struggling with this as well, and school is definitely the top priority. From what it sounds like, you have to also keep up with sports, work, and gaming, so I'd advice you to manage your time wisely so that any spare time you get you can hack. From what it sounds like, however, all of your spare time goes to sports, work, and gaming, so it might just be wise to take a break from hacking, and come back to it later. It's only a hobby, after all. :)

Crimnor March 29th, 2016 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hashtag (Post 9170711)
I wouldn't listen to anyone else in this situation really. This decision should be 100% your own in my opinion.

Exactly.

However, your real life should be always ones top priority. Later on no one cares if you finished an awesome ROM hack and it wont earn you money either.

thedarkdragon11 March 30th, 2016 1:22 AM

Answers above are great! Here's my advice:

Is ROM Hacking your passion/dream? Because just like Education, your passion is important too... Balance out everything and don't put too much focus on one... If it involves your life, then the decision should be yours... Do anything that makes you happy, healthy, content and successful, just not illegal and unholy...

AkameTheBulbasaur April 1st, 2016 5:33 PM

I worked on my ROM hack all through high school, starting from 9th grade and now at 12th grade I'm basically done.

I used weekends, breaks and summer vacation a lot. Even if it was just to work on a small thing, it was better than nothing.

Which isn't to say I never had setbacks. Last summer I had to go back to a version of the hack that was two years old at that point and redo so much! But the second time it was easier because I had the experience from the first time.

So if you have a lot of stuff, and you still really want to do this hack, then don't give up entirely. It might take a really long time. Scratch that, it WILL take a long time, but if you're really passionate about it, then the rewards will be something you worked really hard on and can enjoy for a long time.

That's my two cents on the matter. Do what works the best for you! Good luck with the rest of high school/college!

GoingToHaveABadTime April 2nd, 2016 10:32 AM

you don't have to quit it, just work on it when you feel like, its not like you have a deadline to meet, it will always be there.

HamtaroTumin April 3rd, 2016 10:52 AM

Your life is more important than ROM hack but if you having quite hard to ROM hacking then no need to do. You don't have to ROM hack as it is not that it will kill you if you don't. And I refer to you as I am a hacker also and as well as a School Student always try to finish your works as quick as possible then Hack ROM.

and yes your avatar is cool

Godlike April 4th, 2016 12:04 AM

You could always just do it on the side when you have time allowing you to focus on school work but do something as a hobby. Honestly if you really aren't feeling it then don't as you'll have no drive to create something good and it'll just come out meh.

Marugi April 11th, 2016 9:19 AM

I wasn't expecting so many replies lol! Rom hacking and gaming are really just hobbies for me, so I usually work on my rom hack for a couple hours a week (same thing for gaming). I'm actually hoping to major in computer science so learning ASM could help me. Thank you for your input!

Logan April 11th, 2016 1:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Marugi (Post 9199471)
I wasn't expecting so many replies lol! Rom hacking and gaming are really just hobbies for me, so I usually work on my rom hack for a couple hours a week (same thing for gaming). I'm actually hoping to major in computer science so learning ASM could help me. Thank you for your input!

It's a really good hobby to have if you're going to study computer science. Good luck!

Unbayleefable April 11th, 2016 2:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marugi (Post 9199471)
I wasn't expecting so many replies lol! Rom hacking and gaming are really just hobbies for me, so I usually work on my rom hack for a couple hours a week (same thing for gaming). I'm actually hoping to major in computer science so learning ASM could help me. Thank you for your input!

I'm working on a game project myself (not a ROM hack though), and I also just contribute a few hours a week, on top of working full time and going to the gym. Sometimes when I get home I just want to relax and play games instead of coding, and that's fine - life is basically a very large time-budgeting activity. There's only so much, so if you like doing something, spend more time on it. If you're not feeling it that day, spend less time on it.

I work on my project because it's fun, and I get stuck sometimes and have to take a break from it for a while. But if it ever stops being interesting or fun to me, you can be sure I'll drop it for something that is. Good luck with CS if you decide to go that route, I also majored in CS :)

Capitalist Ness August 30th, 2016 10:04 PM

the thing about romhacking in the first place is that you can't be a neurotypical that functions correctly in the society to make successful contributions/a decent hack project

romhacking is also unforgivable, it requires huge amount of work if you want the game to be more than a potential dark rising competitor for most broken and absurd hack
even if you gather enough determination to do a project, you'll be in for a ride that isn't in fact that enjoyable as it seems, the deeper you go in, the chance that you'll be flooded by bugs is rising
and a single bug can take up to 3 days to fix in worst cases

if you want proof, here's something that might help you understand
http://i.imgur.com/YgHd0ui.png
a true neurotypical wouldn't take so much effort to make a joke that would be noticed by 4-5 people at most

romhacking carves a hole inside you
you either embrace it and let it become an abyss or you quit

it's all gonna change when pokeruby fully compiles tho

Joshkeeno August 31st, 2016 12:41 PM

Don't stop making the hack. There's no need to delete it etc - just take your time and don't rush it. Focus on other priorites and whenever you have time come back to it! You'll see it'll be worth all the time and effort in the end my man! I'm currently making one too whilst uploading videos on youtube! It's hard work but fun to do!
If you ever need some help i'm always here to lend a hand and get cracking on with your hack rom.Hit me up if need be!

Youtube - Joshkeeno

doubtful September 1st, 2016 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marugi (Post 9169915)
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a rom hack, but I'm also a community college/high school student. I find it hard to balance making a rom hack, gaming, school, work, and sports. I feel like I won't be able to complete my rom hack because of my responsibilities. I also tend to get frustrated when I encounter a roadblock in the making of my hack. What do you think?

Its the last think you should focus on.
Work on it only when u have free time and when you feel like it.
Dont give promises to ppl about the project, let them know the truth.


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