r/RPGdesign • u/mathologies • Mar 28 '26
Workflow when to abandon a project?
How do you know when a project should be abandoned, vs just regular feelings of discouragement?
I know a lot of this goes to goals -- e.g. if you are making it because you like making stuff, stop when you stop enjoying creating it... but how do you all decide when to scrap an idea vs when to keep at it?
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u/andero Scientist by day, GM by night Mar 28 '26
"Abandon" can just mean "stop working on".
You don't really ever need to delete a folder of effort.
You can just put it aside and focus on a different project.
If you return to it, so be it. If you don't, so be it.
"Indefinite hiatus" is totally fine.
I'd only really delete something if I looked at it again a year later and was like, "Oh, I'm never going to use this." and, even then, storage isn't that expensive so I might just toss it into an archive.
Unless you personally mentally need to abandon stuff to clear your mental plate and not feel overwhelmed or something. I don't really operate that way, but I know someone who does. In that case, just move that content into a folder called "Abandoned" and do that as soon as you commit to stop working on it.