I travel a lot for work (not programming related), so it would be nice to have one for the road. Setup in a hotel with a small mouse and the keyboard cover and do some light programming.
I use a laptop now (along with a desktop). But it's a bit heavier if you just want to use it as a tablet and carry it around. But... it's what I do now... :)
No one wants to anger him, and he gets more unruly by the moment. I'm not trying to replace him no, I'm trying to talk some sense into him and the only way I'm going to do it is if I get others to back me up.
Hey guys, so I've had this problem pretty much ever since I first started learning to code. I try to jump into projects, get in over my head, and end up coming far short of where I expected or not finishing the project at all and have it sit in a folder somewhere on my hard drive.
Recently, a few friends and I started working on an idea for a game intended to be made in Blender. This time though, I wanted to try something new, organization. So, I came up with this checklist of goals that I feel are important to get a polished game at the end.
PRE-WRITING GOALS: High Level Narrative Summary (Pitch)
Short (one to four pages) Clear Compelling Major Locations / Levels
Concept Indoor/Outdoor ToD/Date Weather Design Detailed Story Outline
Scene descriptions Gameplay objectives As detailed and thorough as possible Story Presentation Plan
How, exactly, is the game's story being told? Who is telling it? Cutscenes Estimated Cut-Scene Breakdown
How many are there? When do they take place? Characters
Obviously this isn't delving into all the technical aspects of designing a game, but keep in mind that this is my personal checklist so some of the bullets are kind of random from, remembering how long something should roughly be, to simply reminding me to use logic or reason when writing the storyline!
since I'm pretty new to actually planning what I guess would be my development cycle, I wanted to know what you guys think is important to getting a finished product out the other side. It would also help point me in the right direction of what I should be looking for.
i wouldn't say half a decade, but either way even coming up with basic answers to those questions i think would help give a better idea of the game youre trying to create
just start making big game, it doesnt matter if you fail or never finish it, you gain much valuable experience from big project then from stupid pong or unity game
@Kikaimaru Or you might gain the equivalent of what you learn in pong and as a result never finish a game, while if you had done pong you would have gotten knowledge and the finished game.
@ryanhagz to summarize it all: Blender is a modeler, Unity is a game engine, if something looks bad when imported from Blender to Unity it's probably not Unity's fault and you can fix it, and the best way to finish a project is to not worry about polishing it until after you have the mechanics and gameplay perfected.
@Dave it's where everything's real scenic, but it's all made out of plastic. I'll see if I can find good examples. I know what he's talking about, though, since I've noticed the same thing.
