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How to Finish a Video Game in One Month - the MVP
The document provides tips for developing a first game, including brainstorming many ideas without judgment, focusing on one feature at a time, releasing early and often for playtesting, and continually improving the game based on playtesting feedback. It emphasizes starting with a minimum viable product and solving simpler problems to accomplish goals.
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- 4. ● Brainstorm ○ Writedown everything ○ Don’t judge your ideas, just write “If most of your ideas suck, are ridiculous, or unrealistic, don’t be embarrassed. That’s to be expected. Remember, it often takes 10 or 20 bad ideas, just to come up with one good one, but that’s the recognizable process. That’s what brainstorming is.”
- 5. ● Rank ideason ○ Ease of development ○ How fun it would be to play ○ How fun it sounds to code ○ Could you make it yourself (ie. Scope)
- 6. ● Throw out99% of your ideas ● Find the core mechanic
- 7. ● Define theMVP ○ This is what you will release for your first game
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- 10. ● No artprototype
- 12. ● Work ononly one feature at a time ● Don’t get caught up with the art / music / code ○ It can all be changed later “If you are trying to solve a really hard problem, stop. Solve a simpler problem the accomplishes the same things.”
- 13. ● Focus onthe MVP ○ Make it look good
- 14. ● Release earlyand release often ● Playtest early and playtest often
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- 17. ● Have peopleplay your game ● Keep improving the game ○ Artwork / music / gameplay
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- 20. ● http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/ 130848/how_to_prototype_a_game_in_und er_7_.php ● ExtraCredits: Playtestinghttps://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=on7endO4lPY