After finishing the 800+ pages tome known as data structures for game programmers, I felt like I needed a break. Whew. Im taking the next two weeks off before delving into allegro. My mind just feels exhausted and tired. Anyone else ever gone through this? Need a break to refresh the mind before moving ahead?

Always. I am a hobby programmer and I usually program for only a few months in a row, then a few months of no coding comes.

I would have burnt out from life if I had read a 800 page technical book.....

Did you do any fun programming while reading the book? Or just went through it and did the examples?

I did a few fun programs like an inventory system using linked list, but mainly examples. I was interested about learning data structures. but man those concepts were very draining on me lol. Maybe cause its my first time

Yep, all the time. I usually stop programming altogether and have a break when I'm like that because I know otherwise I will write bad code if I force myself.

I did a ton when i first started programming but overtime the " programming stamina" increases especially as you grow in knowledge and experience. i even know some senior programmers who burned out but that's usually more like project fatigue . it's a lot when you are just absorbing and applying theory but once you adapt a more 'logical "brain and you start to think that way it gets a bt easier in my experience!

At the end of a project I usually get burnt out on that project. From the time when I start a project to the time when I end it I usually get so many ideas for my next game that I can't wait to finish.

Yup! Been working on this self-started project for a month now working on it 60 hours a week and every day non stop, got burned out on Saturday and stopped coding for 2 days. I'm good now. For how long, I dunno. It varies so there's no way I can predict how long I can go without stopping.

People tell me that my game looks like it was made in a day. No, that thing took some work and the implementation was trickier than it sounds.

Shogun.

Always. I am a hobby programmer and I usually program for only a few months in a row, then a few months of no coding comes.

I would have burnt out from life if I had read a 800 page technical book.....

Same here. I've actually just started my "no coding" phase :)

Always. I am a hobby programmer and I usually program for only a few months in a row, then a few months of no coding comes.

I would have burnt out from life if I had read a 800 page technical book.....

Same here. I've actually just started my "no coding" phase

I'm in the middle of the no coding phase, and I was in the middle of Lego Technic building phase. I just broke my hand so probably the building Lego with hand and feet phase begins, or the alcoholism phase.

I'm just afraid of forgetting what I have learned. I don't want to lose all this hard work