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5 Things to Do When You’re Stuck Developing Your Game


Written By Mr Sun on Oct 03, 2008 at 8:00 am

We’ve all had those moments, when you have no inspiration for creating another game, or when you don’t know what to do next in your current project. To writers, it’s known as “writer’s block”. To us, it’s just an inspirational slump. Here are some techniques to overcoming this block of inspiration.

1. Take a Break
This is [...]

Skills that All Game Developers Need Part 3: People Skills

People skills are something that everybody needs some time in their lives. The same goes for game developers You may not think this, but we have to go through many important interactions with other people throughout our careers. Completing them with good skill will profit you in many ways.

People Skills for Better Deals
The main interaction [...]

What Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues can Teach us About Game Development Part 2

We all know who Benjamin Franklin is, one of the greatest Americans in history. His brilliant ideas have survived the centuries without any signs of disappearing. One of his greatest ideas was the idea of personal development. To assist himself in his development as a human, he created a list of thirteen virtues which he [...]

What Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues can Teach us About Game Development Part 1

We all know who Benjamin Franklin is, one of the greatest Americans in history. His brilliant ideas have survived the centuries without any signs of disappearing. One of his greatest ideas was the idea of personal development. To assist himself in his development as a human, he created a list of thirteen virtues which he [...]

10 Amazing Flash Blogs You Shouldn’t Miss

Here’s a list of my favorite blogs about flash/actionscript.
Emanuele Feronato

The Flash Blog

Bit 101

Frozen Haddock

Freelance Flash Games

Flash Enabled Blog

8 Bit Rocket

Visual Rinse

Flash Magazine

Mochiland

Skills that All Game Developers Need Part 2: Psychology

Although psychology isn’t necessarily a skill, it is a subject that game developers should at least take a peek into. You may be thinking, “How is psychology going to help me make better games?” Well, I’ll tell you. First of all, we need to know first what psychology is.

What is Psychology?
The American Heritage College Dictionary [...]

Improving Your Game’s Replay Value: Add Multiple Game Modes

This is the fifth tip in a series of posts about improving your game’s replay value. Here’s the original description of this series.
Many games suffer from a problem that eats away at the amount of players they have. Most of the time, this is the natural course of events for all games. But, you can [...]

Improving Your Game’s Replay Value: Keep Stats on All Activity

This is the fourth tip in a series of posts about improving your game’s replay value. Here’s the original description of this series.
Many games suffer from a problem that eats away at the amount of players they have. Most of the time, this is the natural course of events for all games. But, you can [...]

Improving Your Game’s Replay Value: Make an Awards System

This is the third tip in a series of posts about improving your game’s replay value. Here’s the original description of this series.
Many games suffer from a problem that eats away at the amount of players they have. Most of the time, this is the natural course of events for all games. But, you can [...]

Improving Your Game’s Replay Value: Make a High Score System

This is the second tip in a series of posts about improving your game’s replay value. Here’s the original description of this series.
Many games suffer from a problem that eats away at the amount of players they have. Most of the time, this is the natural course of events for all games. But, you can [...]

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