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gameinsky 13 years ago
  Oh yeah, and before you create a game, be sure you can create good levels.
Hexicube 13 years ago
  its possible but I do have my hands full lol
demonicyoshi 13 years ago
  if iw right a phesudo code for a game i want to do, can you transfer that into a game for me?
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  Hehe, yearh. Let's hope he'll never fix it xD
Hexicube 13 years ago
  oh...yet another thing JP missed :P
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  ... That limit by BL only affects when first posting :P

Once you edit the message it's removed
Hexicube 13 years ago
  its BL that limits, youre just hax by doing that
haxor :P
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  ... W00t?

The reason I change to Firefox is due to the native limit to the length of text fields in Safari, Chrome and the like. Firefox doesn't have this limit, and can write much larger messages, stretching the page forever if you would like
Hexicube 13 years ago
  lol...I make a document in wordpad...
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  But... Change to Firefox D:
That's what I do when I reach the limit xD
Hexicube 13 years ago
  I barely managed to fit that in its almost at the limit!
im gonna change it to a link to a webpage :3
I suspect uploading one to DropBox may have good results! :P
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  Oh, and another addition to the advices could be showing the code used to do simple tasks, such as make a controllable character etc. Such a thing would help newcomers understand what they're dealing with
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  You evil, evil person xD
I repel you back to the depths from which you came!

No, seriously, that is a pretty good advice. I kind of regret I ever made the "Pixelized" topic... I won't get it made in the near future, and as I made it public, I made big troubles for myself :/
allyally 13 years ago
  Best advice for making games: Dont.
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  Pseudo-coding is when you sit down, and write down how you would code the different aspects of your game. It's usually done as if you were coding, but in plain english. A simpel pseudo-code for a gambling game could look as following:

Ask player for name
Greet player
While players money still is above 0
....Ask wether the player would want to quit, or gamble on
....If the player wants to gamble on
........Ask the player to pick a number between two predefined numbers
........Make a random number
........ If the players number equals the random number
............Give the player a predefined percent of his money in prize
........Else, if the players number doesn't equal the random number
............Take the players money
Say goodbye to the player

All the rows of . (dots) would be spaces, but seeing how BL removes the spaces in comments...
Hexicube 13 years ago
  psuedo-coding? wtf lol
yeah planning is important "First of all you need a unique game idea" I assume you already planned it out
also I would reccomend making simple games to get used to making them
birjolaxew 13 years ago
  Hmm... Seems like a great topic, but wouldn't it be a good idea to go over planning that could help newcomers and proffesionals alike? That is such concepts as pseudo-coding etc.
Hexicube 13 years ago
  I noticed that there are more and more people trying to make games on BonusLevel, so I made this to help anyone who wants to.

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Hexicube 13 years ago
  I noticed that there are more and more people trying to make games on BonusLevel, so I made this to help anyone who wants to.

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