1. How to make your first game In ten easy steps By: Aaron Charcoal Styles

2. About Me 1. Tafe student for 2 years  2 games 2. Pro for 1 year  3 games 3. Indie for 1 year  1 game 4. Uni student for 1.5 years  6 games

3. Step 1 The Idea

4. Step 1: The Idea

8. Step 2 Go Away

9. Step 2: Go Away

13. Step 3 Write It

14. Step 3: Write It

17. http://gamestorm.tumblr.com/

18. Step 4 Ignore It

19. Step 4: Ignore It

22. Step 5 It’s a homage

23. Step 5: It’s a homage

26. Step 6 Analysis

27. Step 6: Analysis Pick out the actors

28. Step 6: Analysis Pick out the actions Alien Movement UFO Movement Player Movement Player Shoot Bullet Movement

29. Step 6: Analysis Pick out the interactions  Bullet vs Invader  Both die  Addition to score  Bullet vs player  Both die  Subtract life  Bullet vs cover  Bullet dies  Cover crumbles  Bullet vs UFO  Both die  Addition to score  Invader vs player  Both die  Subtract life  Invader vs cover  Cover crumbles

30. Step 6: Analysis Pick out the polish  SFX  On Bullet spawn  On Invader move  On Invader killed  On UFO spawn  On Player killed  VFX  Invaders animate on move  Cover crumbles  Invader Bullet animates  Explosion when Invader, UFO or Player dies

31. Step 7 Pick a Tech

32. Step 7: Pick a Tech

33. Stencyl http://www.stencyl.com/

34. Step 7: Pick a Tech Game Maker http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/windows

35. Step 7: Pick a Tech Flixel http://www.flixel.org/

36. Step 7: Pick a Tech Unity http://unity3d.com/

37. Step 7: Pick a Tech XNA http://create.msdn.com/en-US/

38. Step 8 Join a Community (or ten)

39. Step 8: Join a Community TIGSource Forums http://forums.tigsource.com/

40. Step 8: Join a Community Super Friendship Club http://superfriendshipclub.com/

41. Step 8: Join a Community IGDA Melbourne http://igdamelbourne.org/

42. Step 9 Make the Game

43. Step 9: Make the Game

46. Step 10 Show it Off

47. Step 10: Show it Off

50. Conclusion

51. Conclusion  Steps 4 to 10 for the first game  Steps 1 to 3 and 6 to 10 for future games

52. Contact  http://charcoalstyles.com http://charcoalstyles.com  aaron@charcoalstyles.com aaron@charcoalstyles.com  Twitter: @Charcoal