July, 2017

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How to Fight “Tired Mode” as a Game Dev

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates? Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. This week in Start to Finish , I wrote Choose Your Own Adventure: Self-Publish or Not , an article dedicated to the benefits and pitfalls of self-publishing your game.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.0 alpha1

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After almost one year of development, the master branch (future Godot 3.0) is mostly feature-complete and ready for broader testing by the Godot community. We are therefore releasing a first alpha snapshot for existing users to play with and report bugs. Disclaimer. IMPORTANT: This is an alpha build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.0 would be on its release.

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Talking Without Words

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Just here for Highways & Byways updates? Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. This week, in Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I released Five Levels of Communication through Game Development.

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5 Levels of Communication through Game Development

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After spending a lot of time last week talking about how to make games, let’s talk about how to make them well. When it comes to games, there are a handful of truths that are very important to realize. Ideas don’t mean much. Execution is everything. Communication is key. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Art for Art’s Sake…Sometimes It’s Not Just Business

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Just here for Highways & Byways updates? Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. I talk a lot about the business side of board game creation. So much of success in this industry is based upon your abilities as a project manager, marketer, promoter, and accountant.

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Method Acting for Board Games – Immerse Yourself in a Theme

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Just here for Highways & Byways updates? Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Much like last week , I’m finding myself with downtime in the development of Highways & Byways.

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Beta release for Python support

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This is a guest post by Emmanuel Leblond (touilleMan), a Godot contributor and Python lover who develops a GDNative interface to use Python 3 as alternative scripting language in Godot. To answer the obligatory question: yes, the plan is still to ship Godot 3.0 with GDScript, VisualScript and C# support. Python support should also be ready by then and usable plug 'n play thanks to GDNative; its main advantage compared to the Python-like GDScript will be the access to the whole Python ecosystem.

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A Crash Course in Board Games

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Welcome to the inaugural post of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game. Every week for the next year, and probably well beyond that, I’ll be posting a new article to this series. In it, I’ll be guiding you through every step of the process of creating board games: core concepts, ideas, design, development, manufacturing, crowdfunding through sites like Kickstarter, selling, and marketing.

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