I’m having troubles with that lately. Most of the time, when I got myself to actually start programming I’m really enjoying it. It’s a fun activety and pleasures my urge to create stuff ;D
Yet… for some reason I’m having a hard time opening up Eclipse and playing god for a while.
Am I the only one ??? What do you do for motivation? 
If I knew what to do for motivation, my life would be a lot different. Everyone gets blocked sometimes – just pursue something else you find interesting, and you’ll find yourself coming back eventually.
I’m experiencing the same thing currently. I used to look forward to coming home and opening up Eclipse, however these days I don’t have anything to code and I have no motivation to do anything new really
You could always try doing something new and learn something. Instant feedback stuff works really well for me at time.
When I feel bored I Google graphics settings. There’s white-papers lying around everywhere on the Internet. =S
I have been where you are so many times! I think any programmer has.
When my motivation fails for one project, I just start a new one! ;D I work on that a while, experience motivational failure, and jump back to the other project. It is a cycle that usually ends up creating multiple ‘active’ projects in my workspace, but I am ok with that… gives me options! haha!
I dont have any running projects, I just dont feel like starting anything at all
Probably because I have this idea in my head but am not sure about how to go about doing it. Oh well, I hope motivation will overcome me anytime soon ;D
in my opinion doing some exercises can really help, like going for a run, to the gym or just outside for a walk. When you sit everyday in front your PC for 15 hours your body gets slow(?) and tiered. Whe I come home after doing sport my muscle are perhaps tiered, but my brain is back to 100%!!
+1, really good 
=)
Ehhhhhh way too lazy to exercise…looks down at stomach…even though I do need it ;D
Are you having trouble just want to program, or having trouble coming up with ideas to program?
I would think if you have a list of thinks you want to program, then it’s just a matter of making a habit of programming a little each day. Don’t focus on amount of coding.
If you are having trouble coming up with ideas to program, then start with writing out ideas and develop some basics on paper. It’s harder to write a program when you don’t know what’s its going to do.
It sounds like you have an idea. Write it up and flush it out before you start coding. Develop a plan. Don’t code in the abyss, it sucks the motivation out you.
I’m having trouble programming, and I’m avoiding doing it right now. This is because I am utterly sick of Ultratron, which I’ve been pointlessly maintaining for 7 years now (erk - now I say it, it does sound a bit daft).
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Sounds like over-exposure. You could get a sunburn. Maybe you can get workman's comp for that. ;DI disagree. I’ve gotten more done with track season being over. I’d come home and feel like shit by the time I get out of the shower. Although, I normally solved this with 30 minute power naps ^-^
Sometimes there are good reasons not to program. :o
Even if they aren’t immediately apparent.
My motivation is to always have a playable game i.e. I can compile and run my game after each coding session.
This gives me immediate feedback and then even when I add just a little bit of code I can see the result.
Even you feel not like to do it, DONT!*
If it’s really the time, you’ll be motivated by yourself.
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No, you’re not the only one in this case. I have seen tons of gaming projects being stopped because of a lack of motivation. Each person is different, there is no general way to motivate everybody. As for me, I started my project more than 5 years ago and I’m still motivated even though the development is sometimes very slow. I try to write some source code as cleanly as possible (with my own criteria), I still have fun coming back into it, it’s pleasant (at least for me), I don’t have the feeling that my code becomes unmaintainable or dirty, I frequently add new features. The things that decrease my motivation have nothing to do with programming itself: my grandmother on my mother’s side died last week, a friend of mine died earlier, some people are still publishing defamatory posts about me… Good luck.
For the first time, I have a long-term project (coming up on two years) and have stuck to it, rather than burning out and starting something new. I now have a working game I can play, and going forward am just adding features and content (it’s an RPG, so that means more quests, maps, classes, monsters, spells, items etc).
I mention this because I don’t think chronically starting over is the way to go. During the two years (started in August, 2010) I have had a few periods where for weeks, or once two months, I didn’t do any programming at all. That’s okay. Take a break, and come back to it later.
Caveat - if you have a project that never had you eager and interested, then do start a new one, otherwise just wait for the interest to come back.
Thanks a bunch for the feedback
An idea came to my mind earlier today and I just had to try turning it into code, yay ;D