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I'm working on my own minigames with spritekit and love these tips! Does anyone know of any other blogs/books to read with handy tips on game design?

wsc981 10y ago
You probably already found it, bit the Game Programming Patterns[0] website is a great read. I bought the book, but all content is available on the site. Also nice is this archived post[1] on getting started as game programmer. I am making my first real game this year, also using SpriteKit. [0]: http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com [1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20051104034215/http://www.lupinegames.com/articles/path_to_dev.html http://web.archive.org/web/20051104034215/http://www.lupineg...
polm23 10y ago
Here's Ryan Clark (Crypt of the NecroDancer) writing about what makes a game commercially viable: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanClark/20150917/253842/What_Makes_an_Indie_Hit_How_to_Choose_the_Right_Design.php http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanClark/20150917/253842/Wha... Here's Jan Willem Nijman of Vlambeer discussing a large number of small improvements that make games feel good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U Here's Rami Ismail, also of Vlambeer, explaining how making a game a week helps you develop an intuition for some parts of game making: http://ramiismail.com/2014/02/game-a-week/ http://ramiismail.com/2014/02/game-a-week/ Here's a talk by Sid Meier (Civilization) about Interesting Decisions: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015756/Interesting http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015756/Interesting
- emsy 10y ago
  Ryan also has a great Twitch stream every friday where he analyzes the current Steam topsellers and Kickstarter projects.
  - samwestdev 10y ago
    Sounds interesting. Does he archive on youtube?
    - emsy 10y ago
      Sorry I only just saw this, hope it'll reach you. You can find previous broadcasts at https://www.twitch.tv/ryan_clark/profile https://www.twitch.tv/ryan_clark/profile
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- fao_ 10y ago
  Another one from Vlambeer, and a personal favourite: 'Juice it or lose it' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg
- aparadja 10y ago
  The Jan Willem Nijman talk was excellent, thanks for posting it! To those that haven't seen it yet, he iterates a boring game prototype into something that actually seems worthwhile. And all he does is add tiny things that seem inconsequential at first. Stuff like "make the bullets faster" and "add a muzzle flash". I was amazed at how big of a difference the small changes made in the end. Adding enough lipstick to a pig actually worked wonderfully.
syngrog66 10y ago
lots of info, leads, links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design also try Google, Amazon and YouTube
ohhoe 10y ago
You should check the GDC Vault! http://www.gdcvault.com/ http://www.gdcvault.com/
hellbanner 10y ago
gdcvault.com - videos from game developers conference

wsc981 10y ago

You probably already found it, bit the Game Programming Patterns[0] website is a great read. I bought the book, but all content is available on the site. Also nice is this archived post[1] on getting started as game programmer. I am making my first real game this year, also using SpriteKit. [0]: http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com [1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20051104034215/http://www.lupinegames.com/articles/path_to_dev.html http://web.archive.org/web/20051104034215/http://www.lupineg...

polm23 10y ago

Here's Ryan Clark (Crypt of the NecroDancer) writing about what makes a game commercially viable: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanClark/20150917/253842/What_Makes_an_Indie_Hit_How_to_Choose_the_Right_Design.php http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RyanClark/20150917/253842/Wha... Here's Jan Willem Nijman of Vlambeer discussing a large number of small improvements that make games feel good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U Here's Rami Ismail, also of Vlambeer, explaining how making a game a week helps you develop an intuition for some parts of game making: http://ramiismail.com/2014/02/game-a-week/ http://ramiismail.com/2014/02/game-a-week/ Here's a talk by Sid Meier (Civilization) about Interesting Decisions: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015756/Interesting http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015756/Interesting

emsy 10y ago
Ryan also has a great Twitch stream every friday where he analyzes the current Steam topsellers and Kickstarter projects.
- samwestdev 10y ago
  Sounds interesting. Does he archive on youtube?
  - emsy 10y ago
    Sorry I only just saw this, hope it'll reach you. You can find previous broadcasts at https://www.twitch.tv/ryan_clark/profile https://www.twitch.tv/ryan_clark/profile
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fao_ 10y ago
Another one from Vlambeer, and a personal favourite: 'Juice it or lose it' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg
aparadja 10y ago
The Jan Willem Nijman talk was excellent, thanks for posting it! To those that haven't seen it yet, he iterates a boring game prototype into something that actually seems worthwhile. And all he does is add tiny things that seem inconsequential at first. Stuff like "make the bullets faster" and "add a muzzle flash". I was amazed at how big of a difference the small changes made in the end. Adding enough lipstick to a pig actually worked wonderfully.

syngrog66 10y ago

lots of info, leads, links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design also try Google, Amazon and YouTube

ohhoe 10y ago

You should check the GDC Vault! http://www.gdcvault.com/ http://www.gdcvault.com/

hellbanner 10y ago

gdcvault.com - videos from game developers conference