Computer scientist from Venezuela, interested in game development, focused on programming. I'm also a drummer and sometimes a writer.
An interesting article about game design that is somewhat being left behind by modern commercial approaches.
1. Get the idea.
3. Work on it!.
2. Make decisions.
…proceed from 1 to 3 to 2. Go right from the inspiration — the vision — to actually making it. Don’t think it through. Don’t talk about it. Don’t plan it. Dive in and start making it happen. If you do that — if you can start rocking — you’ll get some momentum, and when you have some momentum then the project has a chance, because now you’re into it. It’s going somewhere, it’s tangible. Sure, you’ll still run up against problems to solve and decisions to make, but you’ll approach these in the moment and solve them in the moment. You’ll solve them so you can keep moving.
The 7 commandments all video games should obey
Original post at cracked.
7. Thou shalt let us play your game with real-life friends.
6. Thou shalt not pad the length of your games.
5. Thou shalt not force repetition on the player.
4. Thou shalt make killing fun.
3. Thou shalt admit when enough is enough.
2. Thou shalt make sure your game actually works.
1. Better graphics do not equal innovation and/or creativity.
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