About game design, programming, development, tools, etc.
[Updated August 4, 2020] Right before last Christmas Electronic Arts dropped the price on more than 50 games in the App Store. Instead of $4.99, $5.99 and up, they were all just 99 cents. The idea was to drive the EA apps to the top of the charts just before Apple froze the list for […]
It doesn’t matter whether a kid is in public school or whether he or she is homeschooled — almost every kid loves computer games. And there’s a certain percentage of those who not only want to play video games, but they want to make them, too. With the game engines available today that’s completely possible […]
“I want to make a game,” says the new guy. So people point him to programming books, talk about what languages he might need, etc. But he never said, “I want to be a programmer.” All of the time you spend writing code to create an engine is time you are NOT spending making a […]
What’s Wrong with Game Software Tools I love the idea of Stencyl, I love the fast development of Corona SDK, and I love the expandability of Moai SDK. But there’s nothing out there that does “game dev software” the right way. At least to my way of thinking. Let’s create a list of 2D game […]
Moai SDK has been in the news lately and I’ve had a few people ask me what I think about it for game development — mainly as an alternative to Corona SDK. Right on the Moai website (in the FAQ section if you want to look it up) the designers of that framework say who […]
Someone recently asked me if the games and apps I’ve published are making money. Nope. Not yet, anyway. But hope springs eternal, and even if I had to give my games away I’d still make them. Maybe just not with so much intensity. 🙂 Here’s the thing — you’ve heard of a little company called […]
Everybody (with at least half a brain) knows Corona SDK is an awesome game development tool for 2D games. But when someone needs to put together a business app they start looking around at other tools because the game use of Corona SDK kind of overshadows everything else. And while I will admit to being […]
Unless you’re lucky enough to have the skill of a coder and the talent of an artist (d@$# you!) you’re going to have to find your game art somewhere else than under your pen. While hiring an artist to create the game artwork exactly the way you want is the best way to go, sometime […]
(Note: To the Cocos2D fanboys who stumble upon this — please don’t lay in wait for me in the parking lot. There’s room for both in this world. But I’m writing this from the standpoint of someone who’s living in 2011 and wondering why you guys are still partying like it’s 1999.) EDIT: Be sure […]
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