There Will Always Be Someone Better Than You
I’m really chuffed with how Dare the Monkey is shaping up. I’ve poured my heart and soul into the game’s visuals and generally speaking I think the effort has been worth it. However, I must confess to feeling the odd jealous pang when I look around at the amazing work being produced by other app […]
Indie development Vinyls
I recently popped round to my folks for a visit and found my dad clearing out the attic. After constant pressure from my mum he’d decided to finally throw out his entire vinyl collection which had been gathering dust for years. My gut told me this was a huge mistake and pleading with him to […]
Work-Life Balance
Developing an indie game can be an incredibly time consuming and stressful experience. You need to find some way of balancing your workload with family and leisure time.
Plan to Succeed or Fail to Plan
Being a lone developer can be a daunting and difficult task. Get it wrong and you’ll spend a year or so of your life making an absolute turkey of a game or worse still the game might never actually get finished.
Fan Art
Yup, that’s right, I received my very first Dare the Monkey fan art last night. Ok, so it was from my five year-old son, and his daddy did help him, but wee Freddy’s drawing was just so adorable I had to post it here for the world to see. What do you guys think?
The Right Tools for the Job
Throughout the development of your own indie game you’ll need to rely on a number of software packages to get the job done. As an indie you’re probably having to work to a shoestring budget and won’t always have access to the software you’d ideally want. Compromises will likely have to be made. Let’s face […]
Researching the Game Idea
As part of my research I played a countless number of popular mobile games and really tried to analyse what made them great. I personally found that the simpler the controls were the more successful the gameplay felt. Games that required just a single touch of the screen such as Tiny Wings, Flappy Bird, Canabalt, […]
Hullo Everyone!
Hi! My name is Alan and I’ve been beavering away on my first independent mobile game for the best part of a year. It’s called Dare the Monkey and development has moved into the final stages.
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