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An Inside Look Into Freelance Game Development

Tomasz — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:40:20 +0000

It’s been several months since this blog first started. Today is a another “first”. The first guest post comes from Aaron. Aaron is an experienced game developer who shares his experience as a game contractor/freelance developer. Happy to have him here to share his insights and experience so far. Enter Aaron, Hi all – great [...]

Beta Testing

Tomasz — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:45:42 +0000

The exact definition of Beta in game development is not easily defined. As I’m working away trying to get all the content in, I think I’m getting close to it. I’ve been showing the game to more and more people taking in their feedback and making changes as necessary. When working on a solo project [...]

Depth of Engagement

Tomasz — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:03:46 +0000

There are different levels of engagement/commitment to any specific task or project. I've been thinking recently about the different tasks a game developer has and trying to decide at what level of depth I'd like to get involved in each.

Localization

Tomasz — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:30:00 +0000

It’s always nice to have something read in your own native language. Yes, a lot of people now do speak basic English but a lot still don’t. The current game offering I’m cooking up is not very text heavy, I recon I’d need less than 30 words to communicate all I need and I’m trying [...]

List of iOS Game Review Sites

Tomasz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:52 +0000

I’m at a point where I’m starting to look deeper into different types of ways of marketing my upcoming mobile game. All this is still in very early stages of exploration but I thought at least for now I’ll gather some links to submission and contact pages of some of the review sites in case [...]

Living in the Cloud

Tomasz — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:37:39 +0000

As hard drive space increases with each iteration of hardware. Cloud computing requires us to have less and less of it each time. As I’m setting up the structure of this freelance/indie game dev venture, I’m making a conscious effort to make sure as much of my software is cloud based. Cloud computing allows us [...]

Adopting New Technologies

Tomasz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:28 +0000

I finished an animation, it was a rough 3D model of a soccer player juggling a ball. It had a whole stadium in the background. Created with 3D Studio R4 (yes even before Max) This was more than 16+ years ago in HighSchool. After all these years I find myself currently updating skills and learning [...]

Indie Game Developer Mindset Check

Tomasz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:44:07 +0000

Before I made the decision to go indie. I thought about my strengths and weaknesses as a game developer. It’s an honest exercise to see if the skill sets align to make sure I have what it takes to be able to make it as an indie. A lone game developer has a lot on [...]

Pigment Hunt -Born in a Flash

Tomasz — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:25:40 +0000

The Hook Out of nowhere on Dec. 23 in the early hours of the night I get email from Unity3D informing that a new 3.5 Beta and a Developer preview is available for download. Included was news about a Flash in a Flash contest with a Jan 5 Deadline. What transpires is a two week [...]

Freelancing, Apple Store, Music and Blogging

Tomasz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:17:38 +0000

For the last couple of months I've been involved with a couple of freelance game projects. I'm happy to say that they are healthy and going well. Freelancing is something that's new to me and I'm still trying to develop a better opinion about it, but currently the Freelance/Work On My Own Indie Game Projects hybrid works for me.