1. FAILIURE

2. About me Name: George Fan Job: Make cool games Cool game I made: Plants vs. Zombies

3. My Failure Story

4. In 2001, I almost quit making games… FOREVER*! *added for dramatic emphasis

6. A Little Background…

10. In 2001, I started making a game.

11. The concept: cat chases mouse

12. cat eats mouse

13. cat eats mouse = bad!

17. Cat-Mouse-Foosball!

21. “Design Docs”

22. -WASTE OF TIME-

23. Now Demoing: Cat-Mouse-Foosball 2011 Remake: Still Just as Bad Edition

24. = Too much going onBrain explodes

27. In 2001, I almost quit making games… FOREVER*! *added for dramatic emphasis

28. What did I learn?

29. Illustration vs. Game Design

30. Illustration is like this:

31. Games are more like this:

35. Lesson 1: Start prototyping as early as you can. You can never truly tell how fun a game is until you “play” it.

37. Bonus Lesson: Don’t give up! If you love what you do, you will persevere.

38. It’s over!

39. FAILIURE