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Pro tip

A topic by Deege created 7 days ago Views: 130 Replies: 2
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  • Get your version control and empty project building today.

  • Make sure you understand how to upload your game using Butler.

That way you can hit ground running tomorrow! You don’t want to waste time on setting things up.

What other tips do you have?

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Any formulae or snippets you use often, have them ready to go and organised.

Things like:

  • Player controllers
  • Simple event triggers and loops
  • Setup/housekeeping code

Having a checklist of reusable items or things to look after in each project will save you time knocking those out so you don't forget.

You can always look at past projects (if you have any) to see what problems you've had to solve, and how you approached them.

If find layout can sometimes fool you into taking loads more time than it ought.

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Yes. This! I’d add:

  • Main menu
  • Pause menu
  • Scene/Level transitions
  • Music/SFX volume control
  • Saving/loading player settings
  • Leaderboard

All game engines have plenty of templates that include all or most of those. Just make a quick search on github or your engine’s asset store.