How to Build a Game in One Weekend

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Game Jams!

Know Your Tools

Build A Team

Use Your Time Wisely

Game Design

Plan

Execute

Playtest

Polish

Game Concept

- Simple to Understand- Quick to Experience- Replayable- No Multiplayer- No Physics- No Epic Story- No AI- Just One Level

Have A Plan

Playtest and Polish

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Questions?

Useful Links A● Game Design Videos

○ Playtesting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on7endO4lPY○ Prototyping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDjrOaoHz9s

● Tools○ Unity3D - https://unity3d.com/learn○ Git & Unity -

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AlistairDoulin/20150304/237814/Git_for_Unity_Developers.php

○ Pygame - http://www.pygame.org/wiki/tutorials, http://www.pygame.org/docs/tut/intro/intro.html

○ Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/help/○ Unreal - https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/○ GameMaker - http://www.yoyogames.com/learn

● Community○ https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/○ https://www.facebook.com/groups/GameISGroup/○ https://www.facebook.com/groups/Unity3dIsrael/○ https://www.facebook.com/groups/IsraeliGameDev/

Useful Links B● Game Dev Guides, Tutorials, More Tips

○ http://gamesstudies.co.il/○ http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-a-game-jam--game

dev-437○ http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/16-tips-tools-and-resources-for-your-next-game

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cross-the-web--gamedev-3384● Art and Sound Assets

○ http://opengameart.org/○ http://kenney.nl/○ http://www.gameart2d.com/freebies.html○ https://www.audioblocks.com/