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I also have ADHD, I think you're right in that the common assertion that people with ADHD always have short attention spans is really not correct. If anything, I hyper focus on things so much that sometimes I burn myself out! In that sense the problem isn't really short attention span but a problem of balancing my attention across everything I'm doing instead of just one single thing.

It can be extra difficult for me as I have a wife and 2 kids and a 9-5 job while also trying to make games as well as all the other hobbies I have (TV/Movies, books, Games, TTRPGs). There's not enough time in the day! 

I wrote this in one of my devlogs, but I think I've been more successful this time around in learning gamedev because I'm not thinking too far ahead and just worrying about it one game at a time. Making a living doing this would be great, but first and foremost I want to be proud of the game that I made and make sure that I learn something new with every game. Whether it becomes successful or not.

Looking forward to seeing more of Abyssonance.

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Yeah, that's why I broke up with my ex and don't plan to have a family. I also walked away from friends so that I could focus on game development.

The plan for Abyssonance is getting into much better shape now since I figured out various problems and already planned for core combat improvements.

I still have a problem of vertical camera movement, which I decided to turn off because it's kinda messed up the gameplay flow. I think I don't need the vertical camera because the game is zoomed out more than just normal third-person games. Also my game doesn't have precision aiming system, instead using target lock system. So I think I kinda have enough reason to avoid it for now.