Do you ever fall in love with the means and forget the ends?
Melodramatic way of saying enginedev is fascinating to me but I no longer really give much of a shit about actually making a videogame*. This counts as mixed-up priorities (as far as doing work that actually benefits anyone) probably.
* exceptions given to not-quite-videogame digital social spaces along the lines of Garry's Mod, Second Life, Minecraft Creative Mode, VRChat, etc.
this isn't mixed up priorities, this is just "i like building tools"
people who make finished works need the tools to make them. toolmaking is important
I don't do it professionally though, I just hyperfixate on it for approx two weeks every six months or so and slowly build up a massive pile of Rust that will never be finished or useful to anyone (except me when I'm bored).
