Colwyn
06-09-2006, 12:50 PM
Five Realistic Steps To Starting A Game Development Company on Make It Big In Games (http://makeitbigingames.com/blog/?p=29)
Why is this SO hard? You may be thinking, “jeez, this is a really long article, and all of this sounds really hard.” Well, it is hard. If you are looking for “10 Easy Steps to Game Development Success“, then you need to look elsewhere. This entire process will take years to complete, but, on the bright side, if you do it right, each step of the process should be an adventure that is fun and challenging. Why does it take so long? Because you are competing against other people that have taken a long time to become great programmers, artists, designers, or producers. For some reason, many people think that making games should be easy, since playing them is so much fun. They tend to think that by buying a game engine, they should be able to bust something out in a matter of months that will make them a lot of money. That won’t happen.
Source: Entrepreneurship 101 on Tide's Horizon (http://tidehorizon.blogspot.com/2006/06/entrepreneurship-101.html)
Why is this SO hard? You may be thinking, “jeez, this is a really long article, and all of this sounds really hard.” Well, it is hard. If you are looking for “10 Easy Steps to Game Development Success“, then you need to look elsewhere. This entire process will take years to complete, but, on the bright side, if you do it right, each step of the process should be an adventure that is fun and challenging. Why does it take so long? Because you are competing against other people that have taken a long time to become great programmers, artists, designers, or producers. For some reason, many people think that making games should be easy, since playing them is so much fun. They tend to think that by buying a game engine, they should be able to bust something out in a matter of months that will make them a lot of money. That won’t happen.
Source: Entrepreneurship 101 on Tide's Horizon (http://tidehorizon.blogspot.com/2006/06/entrepreneurship-101.html)