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For all those attending the game jam today - here are a few words of wisdom:



Keep it simple - Simple ideas executed well will give you a shot at the title!



Dicatatorship not Democracy - You cannot create a game jam game based on popular opinion.



Premature Design Ejaculation - Your fourth idea will be the best one - don't start too soon.



Process - Nail the design and then work on the process to deliver that design.



Review - Stop at…

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We recently ran a competition at train2game for the students to build a game in just 10 days based on a map graphic we game them.  The games could be built in GameMaker only.  If you're interested in how the competition turned out, you can download the games at the following link:

 

http://intenseinteractive.co.uk/t2g/T2G-Xmas-Competition-Entries.torrent

and not in way that Gary Glitter is Thankfully.

The games market has always been tough. The on-line games market is extremely tough. And now Goggle has entered the fray:



http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-12-08-googles-chrome-web-store-goes-live-with-over-200-gameshttp://



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I was recently interviewed for the Train2Game on the dilemma for games developers over the power of retail to get their games off the shelves.