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4 Things to Do When Your Mind is Bubbling with Game Ideas


Written By Mr Sun at 1:26 pm - Monday, January 05th, 2009
Categories: Game Development

We’ve all had that feeling (along with it’s counterpart), when our minds are just completely filled with ideas. With all these ideas crowding our head, it is tough to concentrate on any one singular task. I’ll give you a few ways to keep your mind un-jumbled.
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5 Things to Do When You’re Stuck Developing Your Game


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Friday, October 03rd, 2008
Categories: Game Development

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 [...]

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


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Game Development

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 [...]

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


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Categories: Game Development

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 [...]

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50 Ways to Make Us HATE Your Web Design


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Monday, August 25th, 2008
Categories: Web Design

Make the text way too small (under 10px)
Make everything a really bright color
Make everything a really dark color
Have an awful color scheme
Don’t optimize the images
Add flash animations everywhere
Add background music
Don’t make anchor tags look different from regular text
Make it all aligned in a weird way
Make the main navigation unfindable
Don’t separate any sections from each other
Make [...]

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40 Reasons Why I LOVE Wordpress


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Monday, August 18th, 2008
Categories: Blogging, Tools/Services

It’s free
It’s easy to use
Thousands (maybe millions) of people use it
It’s well organized
It has great documentation
There are thousands of was to extend it
It’s customizable (if you know what you’re doing)
It lets me express myself
It’s hip
It’s fly
It keeps me appetized
I can schedule posts
Everything supports it
It supports everything
It’s search engine friendly
It made my site popular
It builds a [...]

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How to Double your Blogging Efficiency


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Friday, August 15th, 2008
Categories: Blogging

There are many different ways to blog. Some of them are successful and other are just not so. Efficiency is a key aspect of successful blogging. With these simple techniques, you can expect your blogging to take less time and make more money.
Make a List of Future Post Topics
I often have periods in which I [...]

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5 Ways To Save Time While Developing a Game


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Categories: Game Development

If you’ve ever made any type of game, you should know that it usually takes a pretty large chunk of time to develop. Nobody likes to waste time, well at least I don’t, so here’s a list of methods that I use to prevent time wasting.
1. Brainstorm
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6 Reasons Why People Play Flash Games


Written By Mr Sun at 8:00 am - Sunday, August 03rd, 2008
Categories: Flash, Game Development

The Technical Reasons

They’re Free
The main reason why people play flash games over better-developed industrial games is that they’re free. The only downside for the players is that advertisements are what make them free, which isn’t too bad of a downside depending on the person. This is why I strongly discourage making premium versions of flash [...]

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50 Ways to Make Us LOVE Your Flash Game


Written By Mr Sun at 8:34 am - Friday, August 01st, 2008
Categories: Flash, Game Development

Make it funny
Give it an intriguing title
Make an interesting storyline
Let us customize our experience
If it’s hard or confusing, make a walkthrough for us
If it’s complicated, write some good documentation
Keep track of all our statistics so we can see how well we’re doing
Add Easter Eggs (If you do, tell us so we can look for them)
Add [...]

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