How many hours do you spend programming per day on your game projects?

I answered 2 hours, however, some days I can spend 10-12 and others 30 minutes.

Same thing for me.
Even if next month my hours should increase a lot, since I am switching from full-time job to part-time to have more time to program.

Not nearly as much as I should :D

Anywhere between 10 minutes and 5 hours a day. It really depends on what my schedule is.

Is this question intended to find out how much time one spends at game development as a whole, or just the programming part of it? I can go several days without programming because I'm designing levels or working on art, music, my website, etc.

I put 5-6 but like everyone else said, it depends a lot on schedule. It also depends on what I'm working on. If it's a dull piece of code more time gets allotted to other things (website, graphics, etc), if I'm working on a really interesting part I might forget to eat until night. So some days it's 2 hours, some it's 10 :)

Originally posted by elund
Is this question intended to find out how much time one spends at game development as a whole, or just the programming part of it? I can go several days without programming because I'm designing levels or working on art, music, my website, etc.

It was intended for programming related directly to your indie game project.


I'm the one who answered 15+ hours...I am really trying to get a game out within a month, and I am starting from scratch practically, so that's why I am coding alot. So far its coming along nicely...

Once I get my engine, and tools in place, I'm sure I won't be programming as much.

I work as a programmer, so at work I program for 10 hours and when I arrive home I work 2 or 3 hours more in my indy project.
< as you guesses, no social life here :) >

I too opted for the <2 option. Sometimes it can be as high as 16 hours, sometimes nothing.

I have assumed this to be purely the 'programming' and not time spent on design, graphics, research etc.

-Z-

When I answered I was including time I spend on art and sound; I assumed you meant time spent developing games generally. I'm in a fairly fortunate position, being a freelance artist, so I can spend a lot of time working on my games. Basically I'm developing games full-time even though I'm not making a living at it yet.