The Game Plan: Minimum Viable Product
In the previous posts we talked about how to create a budget for your game, some helpful tips if you’re not a programmer and finally we went over the best ways to help you in getting started. Now...
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The Game Plan: Creating A Budget
Now that you’ve designed a plan for your game and you’ve figured out whether or not you’ll be programming it yourself it’s time to make your budget. At first you might be thinking, why...
Why Making A Game Takes the Fun Out of It (and how to fix this)
I see it all the time, people coming into forums and online communities for games and game developers asking how to make a game or how to get their ultra cool idea that everyone...
Game Journal 1.5: Ten Games You Played As A Child
In my last post I created a game with a passive player. I also included a short blurb to describe what I consider a passive player. This exercise challenges you to list ten games...
Game Journal 1.4: Create A Game With A Passive Player
In my last entry I created 5 games inspired by my every day life. This next exercise challenges you to start a game journal and design a new game every day. Since I’m already...
Game Journal 1.3: Your Life As A Game
In my previous game journal post I explored a game I hate to play, listed all the reasons I hated it, and then offered ways to fix the things I didn’t like. Exercise 1.3...
Game Journal 1.2: Games You Hate To Play
Exercise 1.2 In my previous post I analyzed how I play, how someone else plays and then compared and contrasted the two. For this exercise you’re supposed to find a game you hate to...
Game Journal 1.1: Become A Tester
So I recently got my copy of Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton back from a friend and while I was flipping through it I remembered one of the reasons I bought it and...
PHP Tutorial: 2 Player Tic-Tac-Toe Game (no database required)
In the first part of my games tutorial series we created a PHP Hangman game and then in the second installment we converted Hangman to use AJAX. Now it’s time to follow the same...
How Much Does It Cost To Create A Flash MMO?
Are you thinking about making a flash MMO? Want to know what it costs? Then you’re in the right place. I’ve been working on an MMO for the past two years and I thought...
