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Comment author: [deleted] 13 December 2011 08:41:20PM *  6 points [-]

Do you have other game programming experience? Odds are (prior; I have no evidence about you) you don't so I'm going to go ahead say it: tetris, breakout, asteroids, snake, invaders, pacman, and mario, before you try to do anything like a three month serious project. People seriously underestimate how much there is to learn from making simple well defined games.

Correct me if you are experienced.

EDIT: apparently you has the experience. you can disregard this. Leaving it up in case it helps someone.

Comment author: jsalvatier 13 December 2011 09:16:30PM 9 points [-]

He is experienced. He just finished a game: Girl with a Heart of

Comment author: [deleted] 13 December 2011 09:20:29PM 3 points [-]

thanks, edited to reflect

Comment author: Alexei 14 December 2011 04:31:07PM 0 points [-]

Hah, thanks John!

Comment author: Bugmaster 14 December 2011 12:22:47PM 0 points [-]

Which is an excellent game (thanks for pointing it out), despite its somewhat annoying UI (the reviews say it's worse on mobile devices). Regardless, if you haven't played it yet, you should.

Comment author: Alexei 14 December 2011 04:33:57PM 0 points [-]

Yup, I would recommend to anyone to play it on PC or Mac.

Comment author: Alexei 14 December 2011 04:33:27PM 0 points [-]

Yes, I've been making games for a long time, and I completely agree with you. In fact, I'll be documenting the whole process of creating my current game. I should have it up sometime this week (I hope). If you are interested, watch this link (there is nothing there yet).

Do you make/work on games yourself?

Comment author: [deleted] 14 December 2011 06:12:50PM 0 points [-]

That's cool, I think we really do need more in-detail descriptions of the process. I'll watch.

Yeah I've been getting into amateur game programming as a hobby. I've been wanting to do it for a long time. I just finished my spaceinvaders-type game. Next is pacman, then I'm going to let myself start to be creative (which is the whole point).