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Making a Game vs Game Programming

March 4, 2013 / Jay / Articles, Game Development, Game Tools, Moai, Solar2D, Stencyl
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“I want to make a game,” says the new guy. So people point him to programming books, talk about what languages he might need, etc. But he never said, “I want to be a programmer.” All of the time you spend writing code to create an engine is time you are NOT spending making a […]

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May 25, 2012 / Jay / Articles, Game Development, Game Tools, Lua, Moai, Solar2D, Stencyl
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What’s Wrong with Game Software Tools I love the idea of Stencyl, I love the fast development of Corona SDK, and I love the expandability of Moai SDK. But there’s nothing out there that does “game dev software” the right way. At least to my way of thinking. Let’s create a list of 2D game […]

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