I’ve just bought the domain name VideoGameInsider.net so everything is still transfering over. All the links should be working within 24-48 hours.
Category: Blog Stuff
15 Games on the Indie Games List
Make sure that you get your own independent game added onto this list! It doesn’t matter if the game is still in development or was released 2 years ago. Send an email with all the required info and I’ll add your game to the list ASAP!
Use what you have
I’ve added two pages on the right, Video Game Articles and Video Game Reviews. At first glance one may think that the content on these pages is new but in fact it isn’t.
I questioned whether or not people who visit my blog go to the parent site www.stuffwelike.com. So at first I thought why not bring over all the game reviews onto the blog. Well that would have taken me weeks. I decided to dedicate two pages with links to each individual review/article.
The great thing about this is that it adds a ton of content to this blog with minimal amount of time investment.
Now because this blog is about game development and not my site – how about you tell me how this method could be used in game dev?
Write code that can be reused in future titles, create art that can be reused, figure out if things are being effective (demos, websites, etc) and doing what they were originally intended to do, etc. Always adapt to a changing environment. I had no idea that I would start a game blog months ago but now that this is a popular blog, why not use that to my advantage? Figure out ways that you can do the same.
Back from ComicCon 06
Just got back from ComicCon 06. Boy do I have some stories to tell, as always. They’ll be revealed in the lastest podcast, stay tuned.
Experimenting
A step that’s always needed throughout game development is experimenting. You’ll never reach your final product on your first try. It’s all about testing variables to see how you can improve the gameplay.Â
Well that’s what I was doing to this blog- experiementing with ads. After some feedback I’ve moved the ads around so they aren’t as intrusive as before, but still effective.
So understand the metaphor here?
Video Game Dev Forum
I’ve decided to start my own video game development forum. I hope that it offers indie games yet another free advertising outlet.
You can visit and register: http://www.stuffwelike.com/forum/index.php?c=12