Lesson Learned On The Road To

CandyMeleon

Rapid Prototyping

Try New Ideas

Fail Quickly

Know For Sure When Something’s Good

Why Make a Prototype

What Makes a Prototype

Core Gameplay

1-5 days

One Person

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Don’t Follow The Market

Don’t Follow The Market

If You Can’t Finish a Quality Game In

A Few Months

No Advantage Over Big Players

You’d Be Late, The Market Would Be Different

Create Something New

Don’t Rely On Trends

Good Game This Year, Next Year, Or Any Year

Be Unique

If You’re An Indie

Listen To The Right Feedbacks

Do They See The Whole Picture?

Are They Being Watched?

Are They Your Target Audience?

Read Their Body Language

Don’t Forget Sounds and Music

Start on Sounds Early

Include Sounds As Part of Game Design

Deadlines

Be Your Own Boss

Set Tough Deadlines

Finish The Game

You Will Miss Your Deadline

Don’t Sacrifice Quality

Find New Ways To Do The Same Thing Faster

Remove Unnecessary Parts

Don’t Give Up

The Hardest Part

Thank You

Tanapon Petapanpiboontanapon@levelloop.com