1. Amanda Lange | Technical Evangelist Tobiah Marks | Games Evangelist
02 | What do you need?
Amanda Lange | Technical Evangelist
Tobiah Marks | Games Evangelist

2. Module Overview What Hardware will you need?
What Software can you use?
How do you form a business?
Size of your project
Tips for organizing a team

3. What platforms will you target?
Hardware
What platforms will you target?

4. Hardware What platforms will you target?
You need hardware that represents your users.
Various form factors for tablets and phones

5. Hardware Development requires: 3D requires: Keyboard Internet*
Decent hardware for graphics rendering
Three button mouse
Development, can be anywhere, even a web browsing using Touch Develop!
Generally need a keyboard, and internet for referencing docs/tutorials

6. Software
Our recommendations

7. Software Integrated development environment - IDE Visual Studio
Cost: Free for most indies through BizSpark

8. Software Asset Creation 2D: Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, Inkscape
3D: Maya, 3DS Max, Blendr

9. Software Game Engine Unity - http://unity3d.com/
Cost: Free, $1,500 for advanced features
GameMaker -
Cost: Free with limited features, $50 for Professional
Construct 2 -
Cost: Free, $130-$430 for advanced features

10. Recommended software

11. Forming a business
Do I need to?

12. Forming a business Exact steps depends a lot on local laws
Which type of business suites you?
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Limited Liability Company (LLC)

13. Advantages Solve legal problems before they start Tax write offs
Get everything in writing
Clear ownership of Intellectual Property (IP)
Tax write offs
Save your receipts!
Resume building
Real world industry experience

14. Scope of your project
How big or small is it?

15. Scope of your project
How many people does it take to make Halo vs. Minecraft?

16. Scope of your project How many people will you need? How do I know?
Practice
Prototype
Start small, grow bigger
Focus on core mechanic

17. Organizing your team
Tools and methods

18. Organizing your team Project management Version Control
Agile vs. Waterfall?
Version Control
Hosting:
GitHub, Visual Studio Online
Tools:
Git Extensions: