Comments on: My Latest Game is at the Alpha Stage http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/ Casual Game Development and Positive Thinking Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Grey Alien Games http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Grey Alien Games Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:25:01 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/#comment-832 Sounds like a plan. Pick something tried and tested with plenty of exisiting frameworks so that you can get straight down to the gameplay! After all it's not the language, or the IDE or even the framework that make the game, it's YOU :-) Sounds like a plan. Pick something tried and tested with plenty of exisiting frameworks so that you can get straight down to the gameplay! After all it’s not the language, or the IDE or even the framework that make the game, it’s YOU :-)

]]> By: Tex Pine http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Tex Pine Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:24:53 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/#comment-831 I and my team have been tracking time for the execution of each tasks, but I haven't counted "administration stuff" like e-mail and task description typing. It is a good idea for a next project. I found that much of my programmer's time, about 20-30% of 11 months of development, was dedicated to make the framework needed for our 2D C# game - since there were no good 2D framework available that wasn't using XNA. The funny thing was that the lead programmer chose C# because there would be needed a long time, according to him at least 2 months, for all programmers to learn and use the "hard" C++ fluently. In the end, the "easier" C# language became a waste of time, much greater than learning C++ from scratch. Not counting the issues on deploying casual or indie games with the .NET Framework. Next project, we are going to LEARN and use C++, and pick a good framework or engine, because we should focus on the gameplay I believe. :) I and my team have been tracking time for the execution of each tasks, but I haven’t counted “administration stuff” like e-mail and task description typing. It is a good idea for a next project.

I found that much of my programmer’s time, about 20-30% of 11 months of development, was dedicated to make the framework needed for our 2D C# game – since there were no good 2D framework available that wasn’t using XNA. The funny thing was that the lead programmer chose C# because there would be needed a long time, according to him at least 2 months, for all programmers to learn and use the “hard” C++ fluently.

In the end, the “easier” C# language became a waste of time, much greater than learning C++ from scratch. Not counting the issues on deploying casual or indie games with the .NET Framework. Next project, we are going to LEARN and use C++, and pick a good framework or engine, because we should focus on the gameplay I believe. :)

]]> By: MrPhil http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-829 MrPhil Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:09:02 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/#comment-829 Great! I more interested in the structure that the entries anyways :D Eyes peeled! Great! I more interested in the structure that the entries anyways :D Eyes peeled!

]]> By: Grey Alien Games http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Grey Alien Games Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:39:45 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/#comment-828 Thanks! Hopefully you are working harder than I am ;-) Well because the spreadsheet is about a game that I've signed a non-disclosure agreement for, regretably I can show it to you. But I can describe it more and I'll do that in another post soon, so keep your eyes peeled... Thanks! Hopefully you are working harder than I am ;-) Well because the spreadsheet is about a game that I’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement for, regretably I can show it to you. But I can describe it more and I’ll do that in another post soon, so keep your eyes peeled…

]]> By: MrPhil http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-827 MrPhil Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:17:56 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/my-latest-game-is-at-the-alpha-stage/#comment-827 This is great! I wish more people volunteered detail information like this. It is a great resource for benchmarking how hard I should (or should not) be working. I was hoping you'd give us a peek at your spreadsheet for inspiration? This is great! I wish more people volunteered detail information like this. It is a great resource for benchmarking how hard I should (or should not) be working. I was hoping you’d give us a peek at your spreadsheet for inspiration?

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