i sooo hope some kind of LandMate like in Appleseed will be in there : )

If you have ideas for gameplay – don’t let them go to waste. Not every successful game designer can program. I know some designers who despise programming. Others that know how to program also despise it – because they feel having to write code is redundant and archaic, when there are powerful tools that can do the tedious programming for them and they can focus more on the design and on creating assets.

Think of something like Cletus Clay. I don’t know what the game is built on, or if the engine is coded from scratch, but the designer wanted a certain look and is building every single piece of artwork with his bare hands. So say, that’s what you do. You make something that involves a lot of design work, but leaves you little time to program an engine from scratch. It’s perfectly ok to use a pre-built engine. Game Maker is an obvious example. But even powerhouse engines like Unity3d are built with pure design in mind. Unity has so many awesome features. For instance, if you make a game for the iphone (you’ll need a mac), you can test the game remotely within Unity and the iphone at the same time and even change variables such as camera angle, speed, etc in real time while the game is running. They actually have a demo video on the site showing that.

As for me, I’ll be using Unity down the road as well. I’m learning to program, so that I understand every aspect of my creation. It also makes things useful, such as if I wanted to use Flixel to make pixel or raster flash games, I’ll be able to understand how Flex works and how to make a complete build. If you use an existing engine such as Unity and your game requires scripting – knowing how to program definitely helps but is not required.

But Snow, ur definitly going to create an awesome game, just like Michal is doing right now.

i respect both of u. My eternal respect, TLD ^^

At the moment, I’m studying programming and the techical aspects of game design. I do have the knowledge of a general game engine structure and its limitations.

As in terms of design principles, methods, concepts, balance, etc.. basically any element which is critical in design of a successful game, I’d love to say I shine, but I haven’t gotten to the point of applying my own theories and knowledge yet.

Sadly, I no longer have a personal site or a blog anymore (something I’m seriously going to rectify soon). I used to write about types of games and why they were or were not successful. Not reviews however. I can’t do that, I get too analytical and pull things apart.

I would like to one day write a serious paper or two about differnt types of game design and how what type has it’s own specific demographic. For example, the iphone is a platform that has different type of gamers and users. More than half of iphone owners aren’t average gamers, but will still buy games to play. So what kind do they play? Why? Is it to just pass 10 minutes while sitting on a bus? Does anyone care about score? Yadda yadda.

Anyway, glad you like what I posted.

@TLD, if you’re Frisian, you’ll learn proper english quick.

i vote some advanced bots, so that even if there unlikely is a low ammount of players, we can still do a player vs bots match, which hopefully will also be alot of fun : )