3 Reasons Why Holding Onto Ideas Might Be Holding You Back
It’s funny how during the length of your career, you’ll come up with millions of ideas, and half of them […]
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Winning Big- An Interview With Tim Conkling, Winner of the 2015 Whippering Cup
Ten teams. Ten games. Ten thousand dollars. One winner. Who will be the one to walk away victorious? If you
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4 Tips to Avoid the Pitfalls of Procrastination in Game Development
Most people tend to occasionally get sidetracked while working. Sometimes they get distracted, but other times, they procrastinate instead of
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3 Tips for Creating Great Indie Game Concept Art
Many games get their start as a brilliant idea imagined by a developer or producer. Unfortunately, a brilliant idea is
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Connect to Succeed—Networking Advice for Entrepreneurs and Developers
Being able to network effectively and build long-lasting, solid relationships can be invaluable, especially as an indie game developer. Having
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How to Survive As An Indie Game Developer
When you set out to survive as a game developer, there are certain things to take into account. You have
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The Four Steps to Bringing Your Game Idea to Life
Many would-be game designers have come up with the “greatest idea ever!!!!1111!!” Such ideas usually end up taking a smattering
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Secrets to Two-Dimensional Game Development
My recent blog post was about five steps to creating your first video game and for many of you, a
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Four Key UI/UX Design Principles For Game Developers
I’ve done my fair share of design work over the years both for internal projects and external clients and thought
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Five Easy Steps To Creating Your First Video Game
As a child, most of us grow up wanting to create videogames rather than being astronauts or doctors. However somewhere
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Game Development 101: The Secret To A Great Aesthetic
Sadly, players these days have grown accustomed to exceptional graphics, leaving some to think games without good graphics aren’t worth
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Game Development 101: Learning From Mistakes
Game development is a fun and unique experience that combines the best aspects of research, imagination, and art. Working on
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Game Industry 101: Game Design vs Development
If you’re a regular reader of the Black Shell Media blog, or even a newcomer, you’ve probably noticed some patterns
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Game Design 101: Six Approaches To A Great Game
With so many great game ideas rushing from your imagination it can be hard to pin down a point of
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Game Industry Talk: Feminine Fame
“Women in gaming? Oh please that’s a myth!” Is it really? People today are still stuck in the past when
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Game Development 101: You're Afraid Of Success
This article was authored by Nicholas Laborde. His game Close Order is available for download on Steam! ——— There’s a
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Game Development 101: Hitting a Snag
How do you handle problems? We all react to stressful moments in our own ways, however not all of them
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Game Development 101: Effective Bug Squashing
Creation retains a mysterious and beautiful quality about it. The act of creating fulfills basic human needs as well as
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Game Development 101: The Benefits of Being Agile
What is the best way to make a game? Once the design for the game and the technical requirements have
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Game Development 101: Scoping and You
Jumping into a project head first can feel overwhelming at times. Today we are going to discuss three tips that