Game Dev Overload

If you’re like me, you have a lot of websites that you want information from each and every day. If you’re even more like me, you don’t have nearly enough time to read it all, and it’s a pain in the butt to remember which ones you’ve already visited.

Enter Google Reader. A few months ago, I was a schmuck who manually visited about 10 or 12 gaming/Flash/funny websites daily to see if they had any updated content. A friend introduced me to Google Reader, and it literally changed my online life. Google Reader performs the extremely useful service of aggregating all content from the web sites I frequent into one easy place. It’s especially useful because I don’t have to visit the sites to see if there is new content - Google Reader keeps track of which items I’ve read and marks the others unread just like emails. I already had a Gmail account, so it was a cinch to setup my Reader account by simply clicking the “Reader” link at the top and logging in for the first time.

Any website that has an RSS feed or something similar is easy as pie to add to your Google Reader. Simply press the “Add Subscription” button in the upper left corner and type the main address of the website.

In fact, why don’t you sign up right now and add my blog to your Google Reader? Simply press “Add Subscription” and type “www.georgeskleres.com” in the pop up that appears and press “Add”. Then you’ll see Game Dev Overload in your list and be happy knowing that any time this blog is updated, you’ll know immediately.

Welcome to my new blog, Game Dev Overload!

Sometimes it can be daunting to tackle game development. I remember when I first started school for Game Design, I felt lost and confused about how it is done with only my passion for games driving me onward. Eventually, I got sick of waiting for the programmers at my school, so I decided to learn programming for myself and make my first game. After being thoroughly dazed and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of knowledge that was out there, I settled on trying my hand at Flash. But even that was difficult. I would not have been able to do it without the help of a friend who hand held me through the beginning stages of Flash and showed me a ton of resources, so in return I’d like to offer this blog as a sort of tool for other aspiring and current game developers. The content will be programmer-heavy, but most indie game developers are programmers anyway (or at least work closely with one). I plan to use this blog to centralize a whole slew of game development resources for both my own and anyone else’s convenience. I will also be posting reviews of some great games I’ve played as anyone who makes games should also be playing lots of games.

Anyway, I hope you find my blog informative and helpful. Enjoy!

- George