I   have entered a state of self-doubt. Two months into the game development and I still have no fully working engine. Hell, I don't even have fully designed graphics for the game. "How did I think it will be possible to develop a game on my own?"  I started to question myself. I keep hearing that it takes teams of people to develop a game. Experienced people. I do have experience I design, coding, apps development, nevertheless I have never undertaken such big project.  Have I set myself for failure? Many people advice me that it will be close to impossible to create a game with the functionality, I have specified. "You should outsource,” they tell me. My message to all these who don't believe it is possible to do whatever you set your mind to, here I am, I am here to stay, and I will prove to you, one can develop a successful game as an individual. Sure, it will take time. Sure, it will be hard work. But my mind is set on one thi...

As a part of game development, marketing is probably as crucial a stage as code writing. What would be the use of a game release if no one knew about the game? Maybe your time would not go to total waste and you'd have a feeling of achievement. In the end you have gone through a mammoth of a project and now its done!  In my case, I want to benefit to the gaming community. To deliver smash ET to people, to make them happy. I have decided to raise funds through Kickstarter, a main platform for crowdfunding. There are lot's of successful stories of games funded through kick starter. One of the highest funded project on Kickstarter was a board game called Kingdom Death which generated whopping $12mln in 30 days. I am not expecting to generate this much money, although I have to admit it would be nice.  As I am preparing to launch kick starter campaign in July 2018, I have decided to read some books on the topic. I currently go through 15 books /e-books a m...