It's a very interesting topic you raise; there exists a could-be game in every story ever told (with the exception of a few dreadful tales...). I personally find that many professional developers use fragments from here and there to construct lore and game environments. Final Fantasy has often conta...

I agree that the current convention of precision point systems (.I.E., Systems which reveal exactly what each additional skill point or bonus does) is one which leaves little to the imagination. The main aspect of any game, no matter how powerful your mechanics are, is the community which inhabits i...

What is easier to do you ask? - A language you feel comfortable with, feel good about coding in and most of all a language you're confident with. As the poster above stated, it depends on what kind of game you're looking to make but if you're into building browser games, like a lot of us here, then ...

In number theory, when zero is divided by zero we obtain the value of n as an "undefined" or "null" statement because the laws which bind numerical operations as logical operations state that zero is the item of infinity; The number zero was, for a long time, non-existent and onl...

Skyrim! - I have it pre-ordered for tomorrow, my girlfriend is buying it for me, n'awh, she clearly understands me
It comes at a time where I'll have a week off from university too, so I probably won't be seen for a while haha

Welcome! :) I have tampered with the Dragon Knight source code before too, it's a good place to start when making your own game. It's coding isn't very clean and much of it is out-dated though, so you may have to give it an Object-Orientated makeover if you plan on gathering a good team, selling it ...

The point is that it is the developers job to cater for the users demands, as a web-developer you need to take into consideration browser market shares, comparability issues and the clients general knowledge. Because of this, it is often the best practise to assume that your client knows nothing of ...

Persistent Server based game? - Unless you're looking for a specific kind of game, I would probably have to suggest something creative and relatively fun, it's also great for a community like this, where exciting and innovative plugins can be created with intermediate Java knowledge: Minecraft. You ...

You're really going to want to avoid unconventional ways of organising data in your database, or even within your hard-code because as you start out on a project that will take you some time, you'll want to get some help, whether it's other team members or online support, and when people look at the...

Project-Z Development: Year 2 Introduction It's been a really long time since I've visited this community but I thought I'd come back to share the progress on project Z and see how everything is coming along here too! I see all the same faces around which means there's no lack of extraordinary tale...