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This game is at the "not even mocked up" stage. There's no ideas in the article, except for vacuous phrases that amount to "good for everyone, simple, and fun".
by AndrewOMartin 12y ago
This game is at the "not even mocked up" stage. There's no ideas in the article, except for vacuous phrases that amount to "good for everyone, simple, and fun".
If you ever find yourself in this position, or if you are the author, please, please, please, knock a bunch of rules together using tools no more technical than pens, paper, whiteboard etc. and play test it to ruddy heck before you so much as create a software project.
- cwinter 12y agoYou raise a really good point about thinking through the game mechanics before diving into the coding. As it happens, I have actually spent a lot of time on this and even implemented something similar some years ago. I probably could made that clearer in the blogpost, but I mainly wanted to give a concise overview my goals and plans for this project. My next updates should have a bit more substance :)
- AndrewOMartin 12y agoI will enthusiastically read and consider any progress you post. Even if I think there's a low probability that the project will be completed as you describe, don't be discouraged. Any progress made in any direction will be valuable experience, and enjoyable. I have started more than one project that I couldn't finish and I've never regretted any of them in hindsight. Don't be afraid to fail publicly, by which I mean post about absolutely everything you've done, no matter how unfinished it is, it'll help everyone keep enthusiastic and engaged. If you complete the project, you'll have a valuable log, if not you'll be able to see both 1) what went wrong and 2) the sub-victories you had on the way. Good luck.