First of all, let me tell you what the Game Development Spotlight. In this series, I will take a game that I\u2019ve created, and tell you of my experiences making it. Well, let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n
The first game that I ever made using Flash was Glowsticks, a simple platformer with interesting graphics. This was created at a time when I had no idea how to program anything. I only vaguely knew the principles of game development. I was only able to make this game by using a Cartoonsmart tutorial<\/a>. Just as a side note, those tutorials are great if you want to get into programming, but not if you want to be a good programmer. Anyway, I didn\u2019t really do any of the coding myself, but let the tutorial show me how to do it. I had a lot of fun making this one, and it was a great learning experience<\/p>\n But, the game turned out to be a mess. Once I finished it, I wasn\u2019t able to easily go back and add levels or make changes. It took much effort to update it into Glowsticks v1.5, and to be honest I only did it to get more traffic to my site. Back then, I didn\u2019t know much about reusable code, so in many instances, I copied and pasted the same code in many different frames so if I wanted to change one small detail, I\u2019d have to change all of them. That part wasn\u2019t so fun.<\/p>\n Another problem that the game had was that it was way too hard. Many of the people who played it weren\u2019t able to get to the boss, who I made extremely hard. This lesson taught me to make my games easier, therefore more fun to play.<\/p>\n To conclude, Glowsticks wasn\u2019t my best work, but it was the best game at teaching me about code. It was the basis for my learning of all the scripting and programming languages I know, including PHP and AS3.<\/p>\n
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