Each project you finish makes the next one easier to finish and teaches you more about what a successful one takes.
Derek Yu Independent game developer Indie Game Dev: Death Loopsderekyu.com · 14 Dec 2022All korrents from this piece
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Derek Yu
Independent game developer, creator of Spelunky and Aquaria and co-creator of UFO 50, and the founder of the indie-games site TIGSource. Writes about the craft and the discipline of making games at derekyu.com and, earlier, at makegames.tumblr.com.
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3 of Derek Yu's claims fit 3 mental models. Most often: Compounding, Less, but better, Make it real.
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Compounding
Small gains that build on themselves beat big one-off wins; so do small losses.
Less, but better
Find the essence and cut the rest; simplicity is hard work, not the absence of effort.
Limited time and resources are what force a work to be tight and to feel like it has a purpose.
Derek Yu Independent game developer It’s our limited resources and time that forces us to make tight games that feel like they have a purpose. Finishing a Gamemakegames.tumblr.com · 17 Sept 2010All korrents from this piece
Their wordsIt’s our limited resources and time that forces us to make tight games that feel like they have a purpose.
Make it real
Making a cheap, real version settles questions a description cannot.
A project has not started until something exists that can be played; plans, documents, teams and art are not a start.
Derek Yu Independent game developer Just remember: a damn game can be played, and if you have not created something that can be played, it’s not a damn game! Finishing a Gamemakegames.tumblr.com · 17 Sept 2010All korrents from this piece
Their wordsJust remember: a damn game can be played, and if you have not created something that can be played, it’s not a damn game!