07-13-2015, 02:15 AM
University has been taking up a lot of time for me, I'm barely able to work consistently on personal projects with all the work I get (granted I'm doing a BE(Hons) which is known to be full-on but even so).
I think a huge project would maybe prove too overwhelming. Something like one decent-sized (but not gigantic) project a year, as Kitsu suggested, is probably more feasible. Especially if you haven't actually completed a fairly-sized project before, it's good to have some stuff under your belt, if only to look back on for motivation later on when the going gets tough.
I personally tried to make a good-sized mobile game, even with a team, and although we got fairly far my time was really constrained. Right now we've put it on halt and decided to aim for something smaller instead, to actually get something done, and it's something I'm able to work on in chunks whenever I have free time, rather than something larger in which I would probably need to focus on consistently.
That's just what I'd recommend if you're unsure about the workload. If you know that you'll have a heap of free time then you can still go for the long project if you think it's not too much to handle.
I think a huge project would maybe prove too overwhelming. Something like one decent-sized (but not gigantic) project a year, as Kitsu suggested, is probably more feasible. Especially if you haven't actually completed a fairly-sized project before, it's good to have some stuff under your belt, if only to look back on for motivation later on when the going gets tough.
I personally tried to make a good-sized mobile game, even with a team, and although we got fairly far my time was really constrained. Right now we've put it on halt and decided to aim for something smaller instead, to actually get something done, and it's something I'm able to work on in chunks whenever I have free time, rather than something larger in which I would probably need to focus on consistently.
That's just what I'd recommend if you're unsure about the workload. If you know that you'll have a heap of free time then you can still go for the long project if you think it's not too much to handle.