I was going through one my old note books from my 6 months as an indie developer and I came across a sleep diary I had made. I was tracking my sleeping pattern as it was pretty erratic and probably questionably dangerous. Judging from the position in my journal it was around the time I was making Drop.
One of the questions I get asked a lot is how to produce work quickly. Well if you see the info graphic I made below on my sleep pattern during the week I created Drop, it might become clear! (I promise it is accurate).
A quick disclaimer though, this is probably a completely wreckless lifestyle and totally unobtainable so don’t try it at home.
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So there we have it! Mystery solved… Simply work for 122 hours a week and sleep for 46.
I think it’s the uneven starts that are the worst part. Your brain, sorry, CPU, never knows what time it is.
If you ever find yourself back here, may I suggest always getting up at the same time, and having a quick recharge midday. Don’t try this at home, but I’m getting by on about 5.5 hours/night right now. I keep meaning to go to bed, but there’s something about 11PM that always makes things flow together for a few hours.
Actually, it looks like 11PM was your sweet spot, too.
Hehe wouldnt try this at home indeed, so is this a “normal” schedule, or only during drop? I miss eating/washing/housekeeping/familylife etc? :))