Make your own Games

I have been developing a new mobile phone game in the spare minutes I get here and there for some time now. Along the way I have been documenting the exact steps I take with respect to designing and implementing a game for mobile phones.

When I was learning software development I was always annoyed at the lack of complete projects with good documentation. I was always able to find good documentation on a specific method or function call, or find an entire open source project with less documentation then the specific function call in the other case.

The style of explaining what is available and then letting you mind roam free is not always enough in my opinion. My documented game development will serve as a complete case study for anyone looking to learn mobile game development with no experience required.

I am currently writing up a few remaining sections so the game release and documentation release should be in the near future.

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I am currently doing up the graphics to look all nice for release.

I had hoped to have this done before Christmas as a nice present to all game-thing.com users but I do have other things in my life to take care of

Here is a shot of the cheaper accommodation you can rent in my new game. I love iso-style graphics and mobile phones are so well equipped to take advantage of the style I just had to go for it.

What do you think?

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cant wait until u have finshed it looks good so far i dont know where u get the time

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I have not made any games myself but I am thinking about it now, cause it is really interesting to see others play your games every where.Is it hard to learn?I guess one must to know how to make graphics and know how to write programs, if want to make any games. It is really a hard workWhat should I do first to learn make games?

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Hi kayshi,

I would say that making games can be quite difficult. I often see people who have a good education in software engineering who have no idea how an entire software package is design, built, and published.

That aside, I think that anybody who is interested enough in learning how to make games can make something. Often working in a team can be a good idea if you don't have all the skills.

To make mobile phone games I would start with some basic Java knowledge, any book on Java will do but one that is also an introduction to computer science will be useful.

From there you could download Sun's J2ME SDK and look over the many example games an applications they have to get a feel for how java games work. ALso become familiar with the MIDP API since all of your designs will need to use this architecture.

From there you need a good, well planned out idea for a game. There is no point in wasting effort making a game then doing some major changes half way through. From here you should be able to complete your game.

This short description is of course, very short. I do have a nice document that will be released after this game detailing the development process with some advice thrown in along the way to help anyone wanting to make their own games get a foot in.

What sort of skill do you have so far? Include anything that coud even be remotely related such as HTML authoring, good understanding of descrete maths, etc.

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I am expecting to see that!

I learned c++ for half a year, know a little about photoshop.Nothing else I could remember related to game making

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i would really like to have a read of that myself so if u could let me know when u release it ryan if u could let me know
and to evryone out there
merry christmas and a REALLY big new years eve

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C++ will be a good help since Java which is used for many mobile phone games, is similar to C++ in many ways. Photoshop would also be a good help for creating your own graphics, knowing any graphics package would be a plus. Simple graphics can be adequate but being able to produce nice graphics will turn a fun game into a great game.

Sound is a non-isue. Most mobile games have poor sound or none at all.

A good starting point I would say. Learning some Java, looking to the examples in the Sun J2ME SDK, and coming up with a plan for a game would be where you could go from here.

btw, I will update this thread with some progress on my latest game and the document describing how I created it. Hope to get the document out in the coming weeks.

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Just thought I would put up an image of another place you can rent in this game. Progress is being made, its just slow because I have other things to do

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i dont know where ryan gets the time either but he gets a thumbs up from me

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