My resolutions from last year:

I managed most of my resolutions from 2013. The ones that I failed were either out of my control, or turned out to just not be very important to me.

✔ Get a driver’s license!
(done: got a car too!)

• Get a good haircut!
(failed: because I changed my mind. the Thor movies have made my hair cool again)

✔ Get a social life!
(done: I go out whenever I get the chance now)

✔ Get fit!
(done: started cycling, running, climbing, and just generally getting regular exercise)

✔ Run 10km! (Or 5km, more realistically)
(done-ish: managed 5km, but I’ll probably try to do 10km someday)

• Climb Ben Nevis!
(failed: never got round to it, don’t really have anyone to go with)

✔ Go to and survive northern Sweden in Winter.
(done: it was awesome)

✔ Go on at least 2 more challenging holidays!
(done: went to Sweden again in Summer, and went to London to do a presentation at a game-dev meetup)

• Go skydiving and survive!
(failed: never got round to it, kind of scared)

• Grow the world’s hottest Chilli Peppers and eat them!
(failed-ish: almost done, I’ve got the plants, but they haven’t produced any fruit yet)

✔ Get my tax issues sorted!
(done: woop! not really a huge achievement, but the IRS was really bothering me)

✔ Finish setting up my bedroom/office!
(done: more or less finished, probably looks as good as it’s going to get until I move out)

• Start and finish Bullet Heaven 2 or Adventure Story 2.
(failed: web game market died, not a priority anymore, made Cat Cafe instead though)

✔ Finish Epic Battle Fantasy 4 and get rich!
(done: didn’t get rich, but earned enough)

✔ Get EBF4 on Steam!
(done-ish: got Greenlit and am working on it, so it’s almost done)

• Get EBF4 on The Pirate Bay!
(failed: need to publish on Steam first)

• Get 10 million plays on Kongregate!
(failed: not going to happen, not really my fault though)

◦ Get Newgrounds game of the year!
(undetermined: these don’t get announced until later)

• Get a Wikipedia article about myself!
(failed: will probably happen once EBF4 is on Steam though…maybe)

 

My resolutions for this year:

A lot of these are just continuations of stuff that I’ve already started. Hmmm. Maybe I should be more creative. Anyway, here’s my resolutions for 2014…

✔ Get a girlfriend. (It’s about time)

✔ Get better at driving, and explore the UK. (also don’t crash)

✔ Eat healthier and lose weight. (already made a lot of progress with this, but still need to do a wee bit more)

• Cycle 100km. (best is currently 50km)

• Move out of my parents’ house. (low priority, do everything else first)

• Learn how to invest savings. (stock market?)

• The run 10km (✔), chilli pepper(✔), Ben Nevis, and skydiving ones from last year.

✔ Publish EBF4 on Steam.

✔ Get really good at faking confidence around strangers. (eye-contact, posture!)

✔ Do projects which are fun rather than those which are profitable. Or better yet, figure out how to do both.

• Buy an iPad and publish Cat Cafe on iOS, and on the web.

✔ Start working on another awesome game. (What that is will depend on EBF4’s sales, but probably EBF:TD)

✔ Design future games to be compatible with mobile devices. Maybe try a quick mobile port of EBF4 too.

✔ Read a bit more. Maybe some stuff about marketing, business or psychology.

• Go to more networking events and make contacts. (kind of already doing this, so I should keep it up at least)

• Visit America next time I’m invited to something cool. (probably Steam developers conference in Chicago or Flash games summit in San Francisco, or maybe even both)

• Visit Canada for fun. (It’s been a while)

• Visit my brother a lot wherever he decides to study next year. (I think he mentioned Germany?)