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Yac on September 17th, 2009

Not all my inspirations are game developers. One of my biggest inspirations is Tucker Max.
Who’s Tucker Max? He’s a writer and blogger who chronicles his drunken adventures and mishaps with incredible wit and humor. On a bet, Max put up a website 7 years ago to share his stories with his friends and the wider [...]

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Yac on February 20th, 2009

I’ve mentioned the design book The Art of Game Design several times before. As an absolute novice designer, I bought the book to shore up my skills. Whenever I’m focusing on the gameplay, I’ll usually spend a few hours reading a new chapter, trying to absorb the information, and then apply the new concepts learned [...]

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Yac on February 16th, 2009

Procrastination is my enemy, and perhaps my biggest personal flaw. I am lazy to a fault.
I know that procrastination afflicts a lot of people, but it doesn’t make me feel any better. The successful people that I know are not lazy. The most important thing I’ve learned the past few years is that if you [...]

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Yac on January 21st, 2009

I want to share my goals for 2009:

Finish the game: I want to finish the game this year. If things go according to plan, and I keep the scope of the project within reason, I’ll be able to wrap things up in 2009, even as a console title. Whether it gets released this year is [...]

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Yac on December 12th, 2008

It’s snowing outside and I’m inside writing tools. There’s something seriously wrong with that. And the snow is eminently packable. I don’t think the missus knows what she’s in for when she gets home tonight.

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