And of course, much attention has been on the FPSC Reloaded Kickstarter. We've seen the release of new Model Packs for FPS Creator. The team at TGC have been busy at work in amongst the flutter of activity in the forums, with many beta releases of AGK, and updates to Freedom Engine.
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Mike has moved on to pursue other challenges in the software world, and we wish him our sincere best wishes with his pursuits. Mike has made his mark on many of our products, on both the programming languages side, and also on the additional products that contribute to the Game Creators' Portfolio. This month we start by saying goodbye to Mike Johnson, a respected member of our team for over ten years. Combined with the visualisation of your game being played by complete strangers, you should be able to make that final push to the finish line. In most cases, it will be months of hard work that does not see the light of day. The moral we find in the midst of this is that if we find ourselves losing the willpower or strength to complete a project, start thinking about what you have to lose.
Consider the options how hard would you work to win a $1000 Ultrabook that you've seen on a webpage? Now ask yourself, how hard would you work not to lose a $1000 Ultrabook that you already owned and cherished? The outcome is identical, the motivation is vastly different! To keep it, they had to fulfill that idea by publishing the finished app or game. In this case, many of our community members were given an Ultrabook just for having a good idea. It is a psychological phenomena that mankind will fight harder to prevent a loss than they will to experience a gain. Put simply, losses loom larger than gains. There is actually one other thing that is more powerful than both of these combined, and it featured here.ĭaniel Kahneman (Nobel prize winner) and Amos Tversky researched the principles of Loss Aversion. You can further enhance it by providing rewards beyond the deadline, such as the big prize money in this particular case. One thing that will always stimulate motivation is an immovable deadline. Many of our community members have been highly motivated recently to complete competition projects in the Intel Ultrabook competition. If you cannot view this newsletter correctly, click here to view it online Editorial - December 2012