It gets me into this perfect state of flow... and then I come back to myself and look at what I've built and am all "wow, this is great, did I really build this?" And then I go for a walk in the forest or garden or city or village or cave I've built. It's a lot like my architecture and geography-themed dreams, only less three-dimensional.
Sadly, the level seems to be growing out of all proportion. I started out expecting a final level size of maybe 300 screens. Now I've already built more than 200 and I'm aware that that's still less than a third of the world I've planned (I have the general layout sketched out on a big piece of paper.) And since I'm building at a rate of less than 3 screens per day - I can't afford to devote too much time to this new hobby - it will take me frelling forever to finish this level... I'm expecting a total size of 600-800 screens, now. And I started building about half a year ago.
Sadly, the level seems to be growing out of all proportion. I started out expecting a final level size of maybe 300 screens. Now I've already built more than 200 and I'm aware that that's still less than a third of the world I've planned (I have the general layout sketched out on a big piece of paper.) And since I'm building at a rate of less than 3 screens per day - I can't afford to devote too much time to this new hobby - it will take me frelling forever to finish this level... I'm expecting a total size of 600-800 screens, now. And I started building about half a year ago.