Roughly Chronological Game Development Bucket List.md

Roughly Chronological Game Development Bucket List

• Be inspired
• Have an idea for a game
• Throw out a game idea
• Have an idea for a game you can actually make
• Create a paper prototype
• Create a digital prototype
• Design a game
• Program a game
• Art a game
• Have someone else play your game
• "Finish" a game
• Release a free browser game
• Work by yourself
• Work with friends
• Follow a strict deadline
• Scope down a game
• Polish a game
• Release a great game totally unlike the original idea
• See people enjoy your game
• Get a Twitter account
• Make a game in 48 hours
• Make a good game in 48 hours
• REALLY finish a game
• See people play your game for longer than five minutes
• Hear about people playing your game when you're not in the room
• Use your Twitter account
• Make a game that uses the entire keyboard
• Make a game that uses less than two buttons
• Make a local multiplayer game
• Make a touchscreen game
• Start a devlog
• Put secrets in a game
• Get lost in your own game
• Be surprised by your game
• See a child playing your game
• See a child enjoying your game
• Hear people telling stories about your game
• Release a mobile game
• Release a game for money
• Make a dollar
• Get retweeted
• Get reviewed
• Get reviewed by a blog you haven't heard of
• Get an email from a fan
• Get retweeted by more than five people
• Get on Steam
• Get featured on Steam
• Get featured on the App Store
• Get video reviewed
• Get enough reviews to be on Metacritic
• Get on Joystiq
• Get on Kotaku
• Find people talking about your game in forums
• Find people talking about strategy in your game
• Find people talking about the world in your game
• See people playing your game on YouTube
• See speedruns of your game on YouTube
• Hear someone cover your game's music
• Read fanfiction about your game
• See cosplay from your game
• See people roleplaying in your game's universe
• Get pursued by a major game studio
• Turn down a major game studio
• Design a piece of merch
• Sell a piece of merch
• Get referenced in an academic paper
• Get into the IGF
• Get retweeted by @brandonnn
• Twitter stops feeling like you're screaming into a void
• Go to GDC
• Meet a hero
• Win an IGF award
• Need a lawyer
• Start a studio
• Give a talk to students
• Make a remote multiplayer game
• Release a game with a box
• Release a game for a platform no one owns
• Find out people bought a platform just to play your game
• Release a game for a major console
• Hear about people say they bought your new game because they loved your old game
• See your game being played in the wild
• Get mentioned in a Penny Arcade news post
• Get a lawer
• Get into the IGF more than once
• Get recognized at GDC
• Give a talk at GDC
• Win the IGF grand prize
• Work with a hero
• Get mentioned on NPR
• Get mentioned on TV
• Have the ability to scope up
• Fund someone else's game
• See a cameo of your game's character in another game
• Hear an orchestra play your game's music
• See your game turned into a movie
• Get recognized in real life
• Get in a Penny Arcade comic
• Be proud of your game
• Know that your game is doing more good than harm
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