@matana @RehnSturm256 oddly enough i didn't feel it with kirby and the forgotten land even though i 100% completed that. not with half life, portal 1 or 2, rogue legacy 2 (just games beaten in the last year or so). i didn't even feel it with the last of us and that's one of my favorite games of all time.

another game i did feel it on though was dust: an elysian tail. i 100%d it back in 2014 or 2013 i think and had that realization of how i'd never be able to play it again. well i forgot that by 2018 and bought it on switch and you know what, i still haven't beaten it there. it's just not the same as it was the first time i played it.

i've wondered what it will be like on the opposite end of the coin, from the perspective of the developer. i've been working on my game for over 7 years. i'll admit i'm a little bit anxious about what kind of feeling i'll have when it is finally done and released. will i be elated? super happy that i finally finished it and everyone can play it? or will i get depressed, knowing that such a massive part of my life for the past near-decade is now over? it's really weird to think about. i don't know what this feels like but perhaps it will be something like your first born child moving away.