Welcome to the Photics.com Animation and Game Development Forum. This section is to discuss and create video games. Sometimes, it's just more fun to make a game than to play one. Yet, to make a good game, hard work and planning is required. That's the purpose of this forum - to serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement. Team up with your friends at Photics.com, then make something great.
Note: By posting a game idea or suggestion in the Photics Forums, you grant Photics.com permission to use that information without any compensation to you.
The strongest advice that I can give to an aspiring game creator is this - break up your project into little pieces. The sheer amount of knowledge needed to create a game can be intimidating. If you're an indy developer, working on your own game, you'll need to be a jack-of-all-trades: part coder, part musician, part artist and more! Don't freak out. Just take small steps towards your ultimate goal. A single snowflake might not seem like much, but they can add up to become a blizzard.
Here are some useful links to get you started...
XNA - Game Studio Express
Description: Software aimed for Students and Hobbyists to create their own PC / XBOX 360 games. This software is fairly new, and significant features are lacking. Yet, the level of access to game console development is unrivaled. XNA grants usage to game development tools that were previously reserved for game companies.
Flash
Description: If ubiquitous game design is your thing, Flash just might be for you. Most web browsers support Flash - including Opera for the Wii. Flash is popular for mostly old-school types of games, as Flash is better at handling 2D graphics that 3D graphics. Yet, certain types of 3D games are possible in Flash.
3D Animation- Blender - Official page for Blender, software for creating 3D
- Wings3D - Offical page for Wings3D, subdivision modeler
- Daz Productions - Lots of 3D software n' stuff, most for sale and some for free.
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