Awesome to see you here. I've been using the paid app for years and I'm more than happy to support you forever.

Thanks!

I wrote an OFX importer for Lunch Money just last week. Do the brokerage accounts support that?

I actually have a pretty good day job. I just have a lot of spare time. I'd rather be working on a side project instead of watching Netflix.

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I had goals. Some of those goals I did reach but having goals and knowing how to reach them are very different things.

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Sorry didn't mean to offend you. However I'd urge you to stay optimistic — you made a great thing that inspired and taught a lot of people and probably had a lot of fun while making it! Not everything needs to be measured in shekels.

The only mistake you seem to have made is that you didn't quit soon enough which is a story as old as the idea of collaborative project itself and I think people will continue making it.

No problem. You're absolutely right. I did have fun making it and learned a lot in the process. No regrets.

Goals change over time. Even now I'm making new goals that will no doubt be a bit different in years to come.

You're welcome. Thanks for reading!

Thanks for reading and thanks for the kind comments.

It's true, having this project under my belt has already helped my career in many ways. I'm pretty sure it was a big factor in landing my last job. Not to mention the many hours of practice I put into coding outside my day job.

I never really wanted to compete with Unity but in hindsight I may have been better off piggybacking my library on Unity rather than MonoGame.

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You pretty much nailed it. I went into the project without a clear monetization plan and when I got around to trying to figure it out I didn't know how.

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In hindsight I totally agree with you. Unfortunately when I started the project I wasn't in that mindset. It started as a passion project, mostly an experiment in building an audience around something I enjoyed creating.

More recently I've been getting some help to understand the things I did wrong and to start with the business strategy.

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I don't know if I'd still feel like quitting but I would have more money so that would be nice.

Joking aside, it's really hard to say how I'd feel. 5 years is a long time and if I'd been able to put more money back into the project the story would have been very different.

In any case, I've grown a lot since I started that project and I'm ready to spend the next 5 years on something new. Hopefully more financially sustainable.