Indie Day 71 - Learning Experience

i learned so much stuff working on this game with my buddies.

like the importance of variables in code, that you can't just leave a system to work with constants, that have variables will increase an objects versatility.

like the importance of scope.

our original objectives were ridiculous and practically un-achievable for our skill level.

a youtube channel, extra credits, does a fantastic summary in three videos of what we should have done.

we could have done a lot better working on refining the core gameplay, instead of just making the sprites look good.

a polished turd is still a turd.

now don't get me wrong here i don't think our game is a turd, i'm incredibly proud of what we accomplished, i just think that if i knew then what i know know about planning we as a team could have accomplished more.

if instead of focusing on just adding features into the game, and instead focused immediatly on building a strong core, we could have had something great to work off of.

however, now i know.

now i know about what i have to do for the next game.

and it will be marvelous.

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i also learned the basics of gml coding, and while it isn't a universal form like html or c++ or anything fancy like that, i'm a fan. it's simple, it does what i need it to do, all in all it's a good tool.

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working on this project i feel far more confident in future endeavors not necessarily related to programming, because of the teamwork i lead. we had some rough patches, and when we ran out of ideas we as a group didn't know what to do (we should have refined what we had). but all things considered we worked well together.

i feel better suited to take on a leadership role in the future.

if i had to fix one thing it would be that i sat next to my entire team. cause right now i'm not sitting next to david, so it's hard to communicate with him without leaving my work space, it would also help remove distractions.

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can't wait to work on my next game in my spare time.

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oh hey i should probably link to the download for this game.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/210410871/Project2-Default-1.0.0.3.exe

and just a reminder that justin and david were a big help for this project.