Should you become a PRO?
Flash games development world is, as I see it chaotic place where everyone is developer and anything is called Flash game. Almost all of us (if not all) encountered situation when you widely open your eyes and you say something like: this is Flash game? Those kinds of semi-creations are reason why in discussions many people claim that Flash is not good tool for game development. But truth behind existence of enormous number of Flash games creators is easiness of making simple animations in Flash.
Every good computer game consists of several important factors like story, graphics, sound, atmosphere and meaningful concept behind all the elements separates great game from average one. But there is much more to do when making professional game in Flash. Excellent coding skills are must. It is far from enough to use small chunks of code collected on web from different sources. Understanding of object oriented programming, data structures and algorithms is just tip of the iceberg of practical knowledge needed. Just think about enemies’ artificial intelligence you will need to code and suddenly everything seems much tougher.
However if all previous is not enough to scare you and you still want to become professional Flash games developer you will probably need few marketing skills as well in order to present yourself and your work in a right way. One of things that can help you is obtaining relevant domain name for your website which will be starting point in your marketing plans. The .pro domain is for professionals, such as lawyers, doctors, accountants, realtors, programmers etc. These are normally $99/year but there is offer for professional domain as a holiday special for 25% off, or $75/year. Consider buying one of these domains if you still dare to become a professional developer.
Every good computer game consists of several important factors like story, graphics, sound, atmosphere and meaningful concept behind all the elements separates great game from average one. But there is much more to do when making professional game in Flash. Excellent coding skills are must. It is far from enough to use small chunks of code collected on web from different sources. Understanding of object oriented programming, data structures and algorithms is just tip of the iceberg of practical knowledge needed. Just think about enemies’ artificial intelligence you will need to code and suddenly everything seems much tougher.
However if all previous is not enough to scare you and you still want to become professional Flash games developer you will probably need few marketing skills as well in order to present yourself and your work in a right way. One of things that can help you is obtaining relevant domain name for your website which will be starting point in your marketing plans. The .pro domain is for professionals, such as lawyers, doctors, accountants, realtors, programmers etc. These are normally $99/year but there is offer for professional domain as a holiday special for 25% off, or $75/year. Consider buying one of these domains if you still dare to become a professional developer.
Website name is only important in that case if you want your clients to be able to find you in a single location on the internet. But it does not stop there, you will have to invest into additional services like e-commerce and support to keep your clients happy.
Better invest those 99$ into good consultancy on how to set up your brand identity and what mistakes to avoid, select a few well known games distribution points and get to coding. (Comment this)