Comments on: Metablog

By: Michal

Michal — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:54:13 +0000

Awesome thanks. We all have the power to make great games if we believe it. Btw. I think I’m gonna check out those integrators, you did a lot of research on them. I think I’ll have to change my old trusty verlet one for this game.

By: raigan

raigan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:55:52 +0000

I just wanted to say thanks to Michal — we never would have made N without Soldat, I played it non-stop for several years (and still play it now when i have time) and it made me realize that you don’t need a big team or lots of money or any of that to make a great game, you just need to sit down and make exactly what you want to make. It was very motivational to know that it was possible, which is what Soldat proved.

By: Michal

Michal — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:20:52 +0000

Yeah I get that question a lot. Maybe I should write about it some day. In short, how does anything start? Do you have a hobby, how did you start that and how did you learn it?

By: Cosmin

Cosmin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:19:11 +0000

Michal, talking about gamedev, could you describe (in detail) how your career as a programmer begin? I know a lot of basics, but am far away from beginning a game. Where can I find halt and support? Where to begin?

By: Michal

Michal — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:01:27 +0000

awesty: Do you mind sharing some of the game development blogs you read?

I really like reading game dev blogs, it gets me motivated to continue my own projects.
As I wrote in this post, I never found gamedev blogs that are that good. So I don’t read any. I read other stuff, totally not related with gamedev and paradoxically that gets me motivated. I never read about programming or anything technical. I need other sources to keep my creativity fresh. If you read too much dev blogs you might fall into the same pattern of thinking that the people who write them do, so you’ll have no new original ideas. That’s also why I write a lot about non-game stuff on my blog, so the developers that read it don’t fall into my patterns and ideas.

SpiltCoffee: yeah you’re right.

By: SpiltCoffee

SpiltCoffee — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:11:40 +0000

Ah, N. Second favourite timewasitng game, after Soldat.

The guy was actually inspired by Soldat, MM. Look in the credits of N, it has a list of inspirations, and you’re one of them. There’s even an N level called ‘ctf_death”.

By: Cosmin

Cosmin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:43:33 +0000

What projects? 😀

By: awesty

awesty — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:11:00 +0000

Do you mind sharing some of the game development blogs you read?

I really like reading game dev blogs, it gets me motivated to continue my own projects.

By: Ubik

Ubik — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:56:21 +0000

I like Crysis and FIFA

By: teh_ham

teh_ham — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:18:01 +0000

They suck by definition :D.
The “designing” (if you call making 10+ games based on WW2 designing) is bad, but the actual structure of the game and programming is pretty well done IMO.