1. How to make a game
CS 113 / Inf 125 – Sept. 29, 2015

2. How to make a game
Ideas and design
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3. How to make a game Ideas and design Team Tech Game Loop
Entire team responsible
Design for the team
OK to use others’ mechanics, characters, assets
Must give detailed credit for all assets (direct URL and author / game)
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4. How to make a game Ideas and design Team Tech Game Loop
Meet in person at least once or twice a week
Discuss leadership, roles
You have to decide what to do if a team member is underperforming
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5. How to make a game Ideas and design Team Tech Game Loop
Almost any language, library, engine is OK
Not GameMaker, Super Mario Maker, etc – limit creativity
Popular last year: C# & Unity/Monogame/Duality/ XAML, C++ & SFML/SDL/Unreal, JavaScript, Java & Cocos2d/Slick 2D/Libgdx, Python & Pygame, Haxe & Stencyl
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