i'm literally procrastinating on my project right now to read this, because i'm paralyzed that the thing i make will not live up to the thing in my head and I can't face seeing what I do create. so thank you for writing this-- not as a distraction, but as a reminder that i'm not the only one facing this. it really does help. the emotional journey of making games is, for me at least, the harder part; the actual making-stuff is almost easy 😅