I just read this interesting article about a guy's attempt to program an entire RPG (role-playing game) in 40 hours:
How To Build a Game In A Week From Scratch With No Budget
There are many great resources available to small, budget-conscious independent game developers today. On a public forum, in a counter-rant, I expressed this fact by bragging that if you gave me a week, a fresh install of Windows, and a good Internet connection, I could build a halfway decent game with no budget whatsoever. No, it wouldn't be able to compete with Halo 2 or anything (if I could create that kind of game in a week, I'd quit my day job), but it would be reasonably amusing and playable.
It's actually a pretty good read, although maybe not so much for the non-techies amongst us. The 'final' game is available
here. It's pretty impressive what he was able to accomplish in such a short timeframe.
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