Analysis
Recently I was reading a paper about the MDA approach in game development. Like the four forms of play by Roger Caillois, the MDA approach explores what people like about playing games. But the MDA approach goes a bit further and also touches on the subject of how to use this principle in everyday development life. Read more “MDA in Game Development (no, not the drug)”
Dev blog
Creating a game is such a big task, it’s almost impossible to do it all by yourself. It’s not only a huge workload, but also a mash of so many different fields of work, so getting on top of all of them is quite a hassle. That’s why I need additional team members. But since the game is about a very distinct topic, this task turns out to be quite a challenge. Read more “Dev blog: Searching for team members”
Dev blog
Getting the bucks to finally create your indie game is not easy. A lot of devs try to work a day job while spending the night tinkering on their game. I tried this for 9 months, after which I was at the end of my tether. Other options would be a Kickstarter campaign. Kickstarter became famous because it was this new, awesome way to get money for your idea. Until everybody started to do it, especially when it came to video games. Read more “Dev blog: Applying for cultural promotion”