"Lesson Learned On The Road to Candy Meleon" A sharing session from Tanapon Petapanpaiboon, Founder at Levelloop. Session from Indie Game Developer and Development Meetup #1 (Indies Ignite 2013) in Bangkok at Launchpad on 31 July 2013. More info at http://bit.ly/16Eax48

1. Lesson Learned OnThe RoadTo
CandyMeleon

2. Rapid Prototyping

3. Try New Ideas
Fail Quickly
Know For Sure When Something’s Good
Why Make a Prototype

4. What Makes a Prototype
Core Gameplay
1-5 days
One Person
Google Images Graphics

8. Don’t Follow The Market

9. Don’t Follow The Market
IfYou Can’t Finish a Quality Game In
A Few Months
No Advantage Over Big Players
You’d Be Late,The Market Would Be Different

10. Create Something New
Don’t Rely OnTrends
Good GameThisYear, NextYear, Or AnyYear
Be Unique
IfYou’re An Indie

11. Listen To The Right Feedbacks
DoThey SeeThe Whole Picture?
AreThey Being Watched?
AreTheyYourTarget Audience?
ReadTheir Body Language

12. Don’t Forget Sounds and Music
Start on Sounds Early
Include Sounds As Part of Game Design

13. Deadlines
BeYour Own Boss
SetTough Deadlines
FinishThe Game

14. You Will MissYour Deadline
Don’t Sacrifice Quality
Find New WaysTo DoThe SameThing Faster
Remove Unnecessary Parts

15. Don’t Give Up
The Hardest Part

16. ThankYou
Tanapon Petapanpiboon
tanapon@levelloop.com