How to Survive Ludum Dare

By GBGames, on April 28th, 2006%

mrfun has posted A Guide to LD48, aka, How to Not Crack Under the Incredible Pressure.

I thought it was a pretty humorous look at the intense preparation needed to succeed at Ludum Dare. Good luck!

Interesting Game Ideas: Bird Fight

By GBGames, on April 28th, 2006%

Game Idea: Bird Fight

Premise: A war between Pigeons, Doves, Ducks, Seagulls, and Humans.

Huh?: I remember thinking about birds one day. My nickname in college was Pigeon, partly because I’ve had a fascination with these birds that wouldn’t fly away no matter how close you were to them. Even though most people call them . . . → Read More: Interesting Game Ideas: Bird Fight

Interesting Game Ideas

By GBGames, on April 27th, 2006%

In the Thousander Club, I have been posting both my hours and my ideas. I think a number of people think it is silly for me to list ideas since they are so easy to come up with. While I sometimes hit a kind of writer’s block, for the most part it is very easy . . . → Read More: Interesting Game Ideas

Startups Shouldn’t Worry About Copycats

By GBGames, on April 26th, 2006%

Paul Graham’s Being Copied argues that startups shouldn’t worry too much about cloned competition in the market so much as making something worth copying.

On the Indie Gamer Forums and the ASP newsgroups, it isn’t uncommon for people to worry about competitors creating copies of their works and selling them. I’m not talking about large-scale . . . → Read More: Startups Shouldn’t Worry About Copycats

Can You Envision a Casual FPS?

By GBGames, on April 25th, 2006%

At the Chicago Indie Game Developer Club meeting last Tuesday, Impossible mentioned the idea of making a casual first-person shooter. We both wondered how one would make such a game. What would it be like?

At first, I was just amused at the idea, but then I thought that it might make for a good . . . → Read More: Can You Envision a Casual FPS?