{"id":4855,"date":"2015-06-24T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2015-06-21T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T16:29:32","slug":"good-advice-five-things-i-didnt-get-about-making-video-games-until-i-did-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/24\/good-advice-five-things-i-didnt-get-about-making-video-games-until-i-did-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Advice: Five Things I Didn\u2019t Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/five-things-i-didn-t-get-about-making-video-games-unti-1687510871?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&amp;utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&amp;utm_medium=Socialflow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/r63mjrutya9szu9vacyx.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was posted back in February, but it&#8217;s worth sharing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/five-things-i-didn-t-get-about-making-video-games-unti-1687510871?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&amp;utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&amp;utm_medium=Socialflow\">Five Things I Didn\u2019t Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. Making games is a thousand times harder than I thought<\/p>\n<p>2. Games look like complete ass for 90% of their production<\/p>\n<p>3. When devs use the word &#8220;excited&#8221; they&#8217;re not blowing smoke up your ass<\/p>\n<p>4. Game devs actually read a lot of critical writing on their work<\/p>\n<p>5. If you think something sucks, that&#8217;s not really news to the dev team<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4855'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4855);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4855);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4855);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>This was posted back in February, but it&#8217;s worth sharing. Five Things I Didn\u2019t Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It). 1. Making games is a thousand times harder than I thought 2. Games look like complete ass &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/24\/good-advice-five-things-i-didnt-get-about-making-video-games-until-i-did-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[127,206,391],"class_list":["post-4855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","tag-game-design","tag-game-industry","tag-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1gj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2812,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/21\/theories-of-games-and-interaction-for-design-3-3-responses\/","url_meta":{"origin":4855,"position":0},"title":"Theories of Games and Interaction for Design (3: 3 Responses)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"These are public postings of my writings for the first course of the Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design and Research at Michigan State University. Each week, we are required to post three responses\/reactions to queries posted by other members of the class in the previous week. These are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3793,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/01\/18\/where-ive-been-online-jan-18-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":4855,"position":1},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Jan 18, 2014)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"January 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Improving the World of Educational Gaming \"Expand Quick, name as many great educational games as you can! Chances are your list topped out around four or five and they were all decently dated games from your childhood. Math Blaster, Oregon Trail, Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Mavis Bacon Teaches Delicious Typing, etc.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5287,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/10\/do-all-games-include-a-conflict\/","url_meta":{"origin":4855,"position":2},"title":"Do All Games Include a Conflict?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes. And: No. It depends on how we define things. First, I think it\u2019s important to distinguish between digital games and non-digital or \u2018analog\u2019 games in these discussions. 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Gamification is generally defined as the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. Fair enough. But this is pretty much where the article goes off the rails. (She's not alone). Source: 5 differences between education games and the gamification of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pearsoned.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Education-games-or-gamification-of-education.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pearsoned.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Education-games-or-gamification-of-education.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pearsoned.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Education-games-or-gamification-of-education.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/09\/comparing-gamification-serious-games-and-simulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":4855,"position":4},"title":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. \u00a0 My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. 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