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# I have a game idea. How do I approach planning and implementing my game?

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asked Mar 23 in Authoring by bg (692 points)
recategorized Mar 27 by Alex
How do I get from my initial idea to full-fledged game development?

- game-design

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answered Mar 23 by bg (692 points)
edited Mar 24 by bg

Emily Short has a super helpful article called "Idea to Implementation" that explains different approaches you can take to planning out and implementing your game: https://emshort.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/idea-to-implementation/

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