--- title: How many UNFINISHED games should you make? | daily.dev description: Advice on how beginner game developers should approach project scope to avoid abandoning games. Rather than accepting unfinished projects as a rite of passage,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-many-unfinished-games-should-you-make--uglv3dsq4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How many UNFINISHED games should you make? | daily.dev og:description: Advice on how beginner game developers should approach project scope to avoid abandoning games. Rather than accepting unfinished projects as a rite of passage,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-many-unfinished-games-should-you-make--uglv3dsq4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ugLv3dSq4.png og:image:alt: How many UNFINISHED games should you make? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How many UNFINISHED games should you make? **[Code Monkey](https://daily.dev/sources/codemonkeyunity)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Advice on how beginner game developers should approach project scope to avoid abandoning games. Rather than accepting unfinished projects as a rite of passage, the recommendation is to start with very small, completable games (one week, two weeks, one month) and gradually increase scope as experience grows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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