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Re:Challenge: Make a game, sell 1 copy by Oct 31st by WilliamLP on Thursday September 23, 2010 @12:20PM (#1720179)
Wow, making selling a game into a game itself. How brilliant!
Re:Challenge: Make a game, sell 1 copy by Oct 31st by derefr on Thursday September 23, 2010 @05:59PM (#1721671)
I've always wanted to write a tool like Game Maker that was built, itself, on game design principles. Make a level, get XP. Game mechanics that synergize give you combo points, that you can "spend" on a Mechanical-Turk-like marketplace to get people to contribute 5-10 minutes of work on your game, or playtest it. Every time an A/B-tested-metric you've inserted moves positively, you unlock new premade-resource-packs. Etc.
Re:Challenge: Make a game, sell 1 copy by Oct 31st by TeHCrAzY on Friday September 24, 2010 @12:13AM (#1722633)
It's been done already! Has incredible graphics...