Comments on: Pragmatic Game Development http://www.doolwind.com/blog/pragmatic-game-development/ Pragmatic Thoughts On Game Development Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fanatical Pragmatism in Software Development – Doolwind's Game Coding Blog http://www.doolwind.com/blog/pragmatic-game-development/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Fanatical Pragmatism in Software Development – Doolwind's Game Coding Blog Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:42:18 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=269#comment-1178 [...] caught the pragmatism bug.  Everything I do now is the most pragmatic way I can possibly complete the task.  This all started when my time started costing me money; [...] [...] caught the pragmatism bug.  Everything I do now is the most pragmatic way I can possibly complete the task.  This all started when my time started costing me money; [...]

]]> By: Doolwind http://www.doolwind.com/blog/pragmatic-game-development/comment-page-1/#comment-779 Doolwind Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:22:59 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=269#comment-779 Harry- Leveraging technology may be not always be easy, but it's usually a lot easier than creating it all for yourself from scratch. I find that choosing a 3rd party engine has a higher up front cost, but ends up paying itself off in the medium to long term. Harry-

Leveraging technology may be not always be easy, but it’s usually a lot easier than creating it all for yourself from scratch.

I find that choosing a 3rd party engine has a higher up front cost, but ends up paying itself off in the medium to long term.

]]> By: Harry http://www.doolwind.com/blog/pragmatic-game-development/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Harry Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:57:31 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=269#comment-778 Is leveraging existing technology that easy though? Engines can come with limitations and hidden costs that need to be worked around. Is leveraging existing technology that easy though? Engines can come with limitations and hidden costs that need to be worked around.

]]> By: Matthew Ford http://www.doolwind.com/blog/pragmatic-game-development/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Matthew Ford Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:01:58 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=269#comment-777 Totally agree with you Dools except not so sure the early release of a small set followed by expansions is a better way to earn money. Then again, earning money at all making games is a dicey proposition, so it's a hard conjecture to prove or disprove. Totally agree with you Dools except not so sure the early release of a small set followed by expansions is a better way to earn money. Then again, earning money at all making games is a dicey proposition, so it’s a hard conjecture to prove or disprove.

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