@avantgame an idea not acted upon is worth little. Start small, with pen and paper and go from there.
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@avantgame 1st step: Make the smallest playable version you can with your current skill set. If that means index cards and markers, do that. - 1 more reply
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@avantgame I like to point people towards low-barrier tools that might suit them: Scratch, Stencyl, Game Maker, Paper-based, whatever works.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame In similar situations, I've recc'd tutorials for easy dev tools, their local IGDA where they can ask questions, &@G4C games.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Events like Global Game Jam might be a good way find others and provides a chance to *see* games being developed in utero ;) -
@copystar@avantgame Global game jam: the transparent uterus of games.
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@avantgame If they don't care about $, a FB page to promote idea, see if designers bite? Else http://code.org as start? Hpy New Year!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame If in Portland, point them to PIGsquad for tabletop/live, Code Scouts for digital? (CS is for women, but may still be of help.)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame identify best medium (paper based, app, etc.), find someone w/ skills, or learn the skills through various online resourcesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Point them to@ExtraCreditz. Lots of insight on (non technical) game development and game industry.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame study and make games... Start small and keep working!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame it's like fine art. Find a tool you like, start creating, and expect the first efforts to suck.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame start making it anyway. Play games, too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame People want to make games, can make games. They don't need a special school, just the discipline to learn it. Work hard play hardThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame This is the 21st Century You don't have experience because you haven't given yourself the opportunity, use the 'net to get skillsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame maybe to find a community, ask questions, learn basic tools to understand mechanics PuzzleScript, Perlenspiel, then basic codingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame if I know anything about the person asking, I will choose one or two tools (so as not to overwhelm) that I think are best suitedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame give them some useful links to help them get their footing for what they're going for.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Find people who are equally passionate about the same issue. Bounce ideas. Make a game of bouncing ideas. :DThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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