[ GAME START ]

HOW TO MAKE
VIDEO GAMES!

▶ PRESS START ◀

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[ QUEST 1 ]

What are your
favorite games?

• ►What do YOU love playing?
• ►What makes those games fun?

[ PLAYER INFO ]

Ruben's Influences

• ◆My Power-Ups: the games that inspired me!
• ◆How I fell in love with game making

[ NOW PLAYING ]

Tom Lander

• 🎮The game I'm building right now!
• 🎬Here's the very first trailer

▶ Tom Lander Trailer 1

▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE

[ DEFINE ]

What is a game?

• ★Game Recipe = Rules + Goals + Fun!
• ★Anything can be a game, it's all about framing.

[ LEVEL UP ]

How do you make
a game?

[ CLASS SELECT ]

What is a
game designer?

• ⬢The Rule Maker!
• ⬢The Architect of Fun
• ⬢Deciding how high you jump & how fast you run

[ BUILD ]

Making a Prototype

• ▣The "Cardboard" version of your game
• ▣Test ideas fast before adding pretty graphics

[ CAUTION ]

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Playtesting
(Super Important!)

• ✖Try to BREAK the game!
• ✖Find the bugs before your players do
• ✖Is it fun?

[ GRAPHICS ]

Creating the Art

• ✦Concept Art: sketching your ideas
• ✦2D Pixels vs. 3D Worlds

[ GRAPHICS ]

Animations!

• ✦Bringing drawings to life!
• ✦Frame-by-frame flipbook magic

[ ENGINE ]

Development &
Game Engines

• ⚙What is a Game Engine?!
• ⚙The digital factory that runs your game
• ⚙Handling physics, gravity & button presses

[ ENGINE ]

Deep Dive:
Code & Audio

• { }Code makes it work
• ♪Music & sound effects make it ALIVE!

[ HARD MODE ]

Marketing
Your Game

• 📣Telling the world your game exists!
• ▶Streaming on Twitch, YouTube & TikTok

[ RELEASE ]

The Road to Release

• 🚀Steam for indie developers
• 🚀Demos, Wishlists & Early Access!

[ FUTURE ]

Triple-A vs.
Indie Creators

• 🏰Giant Studios vs. Solo Do-It-Yourselfers
• ⚡Joining Game Jams to practice fast!
• 🔮Engine choices & future tech

[ VICTORY ]

Ruben's Games

23 games on itch.io · hover to pause · click to open

[ GAME OVER ]

QUESTIONS?

Insert Coin / Your Turn to Speak!

— THANKS FOR PLAYING —