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Encouragement

By: Chaos Nyte

  Lately I’ve noticed a lot of articles going up about how to make games. They talk about how to correctly plan your characters and set up good relationships between them. They go on about what your mindset should be before you even start to work on your game. All of this advice, all of these confusing ideas clashing together...

  Has anyone actually considered just making a game? Of course there’s more to making a game then just that! You need to correctly construct a world, and make sure the background story is complete and... No, no. Shut up. Really now, if you believe you need all that, then there’s something wrong with you. Go lie down for a while, you're thinking too hard.

  I’m writing this to all the newbies out there, confused why no one likes their games. To all the people out there that don’t know if there game is ready to greet the public. There is only one thing that you need to do before you release your game.

  Enjoy it.

  Thats all there is to it. Build your game, end it at a place that will keep the player interested and play it yourself. Search every room, leave no NPC untalked too. Build your levels, learn new magic, have a good time. Because if you enjoy your game, everyone else will too. Don’t release it if you get bored when you play. Don’t release it if your magic items don’t work right. Seems pretty simple to do doesn’t it?

  The biggest problem for newbies is that their so dazzled by the fact that they made a RPG that they turn a blind eye to the game’s problems. Suddenly the crappy maptiles aren’t quite so crappy. So what if you didn’t spell check the dialogue? You need someone to comment on it, and you need them to do it RIGHT NOW. Then of course, you're crushed by the review of your masterpiece, usually written by me. Sorry buddy, if it looks and plays like dookie I tell people. Thats what reviewer’s do. And that last thing we hand out is pity. The newbie factor is never added in. I never give points because its your first try.

  But come on now, your a smart dynamic game designer, and you see that my words make sense. I’m keeping this short based on the fact that most newbie’s are far to impatient to read anything longer then a page, cause you’ve got the next Final Fantasy to make. Just remember, we notice mistakes, and no one here is going to give you slack on your game, not if that person is worth their salt as a reviewer. I’m looking forward to all your games, and I hope you’ll follow my advice.