Why learning to make games by doing original projects sticks better

Making creative things, the way we want to, helps us get to know people better - including ourselves

You, too, can make the game that's in your heart. Making games is for everyone. #gamedevelopment

Playing and making games helps us grow and improve #gamedev #personaldevelopment #videogames

Making Your Own Games and Seneca's Letter #115

Do you have a standard home computer? You're set up to make your own games! #gaming #remotelearning

Doing your best work will require breaking the habit of holding back from bad employers in your past

You don't need classes to learn to make games, but you could still benefit from experienced support!

Making terrible self-indulgent art is good for you, advances your learning faster--so find a way to!

Early Indie GameDev Business Model for Indie Teaching (Boston Indies @ MIT)

Why procedural generation won't save you level design work (gen AI is spreading this to art/writing)

New introductory promo rate for HomeTeam GameDev (experiment until June 10!)

Let's Talk About Neurodivergence

3 part weekly update format that we used to release 200 games on time

Why learning to make games by doing original projects sticks better #remotelearning #gamedev

Build better connections with friends - do projects together to express yourself, grow & meet people

Bravery, Persistence, and Adaptability: 3 non-tech skills for newer gamedev - Which path are you on?

PAX East: Project Lead in HomeTeamGameDev on how it helped him #gamedev #career #remotelearning #pax

GDC 2024 Lost Levels: Why are you making games? WhyGameDev.com #gamedevelopers #gamedev #indiegame

ChatGPT/Copilot isn't great for new coders! Starting with worse tools leads to deeper understanding

This video may change your life or may not I don't know I've never met you that's a lot of pressure

The ChatGPT / generative Al "plumber problem" about to cause issues in more professions #ai #chatgpt

Networking tips for college or early career game developers (adapted from IndieCade Horizons 2024)

How MC Escher approached learning for his art differently - common for game designers or programmers

"Is game development saturated?" is usually not even the right question to be asking #gamedev