- Forget the graphics and focus on the gameplay until the gameplay is right. People won’t stick with a game because it’s pretty, they’ll stick with it because they love playing it.
- When you’re debugging, visualise everything with on screen debug for lines/boxes/counts. I’ve spent way too much time chasing bugs where I’d assumed something was ‘definitely happening’ only to find that it wasn’t when I visualised it
- Understand the low-level. If you’re using an engine, then understand what’s happening ‘under the hood’. If you know how the low-level math and rendering are working, then you’ll fix bugs before they happen
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