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Chapter 17

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The Journey Continues

Continue Developing

Working on Projects

Make sure you understand your code on both a local and global level.

Learn by doing, by actual writing and designing code independently.

Learning by doing refers to a theory of education expounded by American philosopher John Dewey. It's a hands-on approach to learning, meaning students must interact with their environment to adapt and learn. --wikipedia

A great start for a new project would be creating something simple, or perhaps even make a clone of something.

Use project management and create a game design document, also prioritize by creating a minimalistic demo, share demos with friends and watch them play is also great feedback.

Obtaining Art Resources

Participating in Game Jams

Play different games

Playing different games and trying to understand them from a developer's point of view will help mature developing and design skills.

Increasing Your Skill Set

Recommended Reading

Books

Blogs

Finding Distribution Outlets

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