Making Games

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  • cannonball19784

    If you are learning to make games, you will fast approach the "eyes bigger than the plate" effect where your ideas for your game vastly exceed your scope and ability to make a game.

    Start with the goal of making a game. A really, really small game, not the epic idea you had for one. Then move up in scale.

    • +1
      And don't try to reinvent every wheel, nor code the perfect wholly-comprehensive environment first. Just make a game...
      detritus
    • This 100%. I did the same recently with an app in Xcode. Scaled back heavily and got 'er done. Plan for iteration and keep 1.0 as simple as possible.ideaist
    • +1 if you can make a v.simple game entertaining and with your own little stamp on it it will drive you onwards to your more ambitious ideas. You need to be asfadein11
    • hooked on making it/them as the end user will be playing it.fadein11
    • Gold advices right here. Thank you so much guys!Fabricio
    • no shit, sherlocksince1979

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