The Verbs of Game Development

I rewatched Indie Game: The Movie today with a group of young game developers just past alpha on their games. It is a good time to rewatch the movie. Often, alpha is reached with the same sense of relief one might feel when one reaches the end of the flu: glad it’s over, but completely worn out from the effort.

Game development is not for everyone. Our verbs are visceral, particularly in singular form.

• Create
• Imagine
• Dream
• Panic
• Cry
• Throw up
• Scream
• Worry
• Sacrifice
• Doubt
• Launch
• Wait
• Watch
• Let go

Not everyone will make it through.