2006 February | GBGames - Thoughts on Indie Game Development - Part 2

Advice for IGF Finalists

By GBGames, on February 21st, 2006%

Dustin Sacks of Sillysoft Games and creator of the amazingly expandable and cross-platform Risk-clone called Lux wrote an article entitled Advice for Independent Games Festival Finalists. Lux made it to the IGF finals last year, and Dustin basically felt unprepared. He’s decided to write up his experiences to help out developers who made it . . . → Read More: Advice for IGF Finalists

Thousander Club Update: February 20th

By GBGames, on February 20th, 2006%

For this weekâ€™s Thousander Club update:

Game Hours: 15.5 / 1000 Game Ideas: 85 / 1000

I should have 84 for the year so far. I’ve caught up with my game ideas target, but I am still fairly short of my game development target. I doubt I’ll be able to catch up.

I think it . . . → Read More: Thousander Club Update: February 20th

Broadcast Flag is Back and Worse Than Before

By GBGames, on February 16th, 2006%

No Broadcast Policy Without Representation! is something I am still reading through, but it seemed important enough to merit mention here.

In summary, apparently international treaties are forcing the United States to agree to allow distributors of works to own an exclusive right to distribution. The “broadcaster’s right” is recognized in a number of other . . . → Read More: Broadcast Flag is Back and Worse Than Before

Writing Tips for Non-Writers

By GBGames, on February 15th, 2006%

I found a good post about writing through Wil Wheaton’s blog called Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing by John Scalzi.

Scalzi presents a list of rules to follow to write better without exerting too much effort. I have tried to follow rule #7, “Try to write well every . . . → Read More: Writing Tips for Non-Writers

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

By GBGames, on February 14th, 2006%

Or, for you single people, Happy Ferris Wheel Day!

GBGames' Blog update The Future Is Disorienting http://t.co/rDHgnYZi about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed Reply Retweet Favorite
@tinysubversions Only went to 2011 GDC, but the AI Summit talk "AI Navigation: It's Not a Solved Problem... Yet" was pretty good. about 15 hours ago from web in reply to tinysubversions Reply Retweet Favorite
@sanspants Sounds like a potentially underserved market for an enterprising indie... about 15 hours ago from web in reply to sanspants Reply Retweet Favorite
My fiancee and I are in @evdayspa's engagement story contest. Could you Like our story at https://t.co/7aETTmCS (the one w/ mountains)? about 15 hours ago from web Reply Retweet Favorite
If my cats were Slimer, and cat fur were ectoplasm, I'd be Peter Venkman. B-( about 20 hours ago from web Reply Retweet Favorite
@LukeD thanks! I'm looking forward to this weekend in any case. B-) about 21 hours ago from Twitter for Android in reply to LukeD Reply Retweet Favorite
@Crell Yeah, but they can't be right. B-) 12:14:59 AM February 07, 2012 from web in reply to Crell Reply Retweet Favorite
Des Moines Public Library says that if I reserve this book, my position in the queue is 50. I can totally read faster than the other 49. 12:08:17 AM February 07, 2012 from web Reply Retweet Favorite
RT @edclef: I'll just leave this here: "you have until Sunday, February 19th to vote for your #IGF Audience Award winner: http://t.co/Vk ... 05:32:09 PM February 06, 2012 from Twitter for Android Reply Retweet Favorite
@bkoppe @Crell I'll admit that the font needs to be large enough, but by and large, the more code I can see at once, the better. 05:31:57 PM February 06, 2012 from Twitter for Android in reply to bkoppe Reply Retweet Favorite