Dead Panic Developer Blog

  • There's an ongoing debate on the iPhone Dev SDK Forum about what is more important - the idea, or the execution? And I'd like to weigh in on the matter.

    When Conan of Cimmeria was asked "What is best in life?" he replied thusly: "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of deyah women."

    Much has changed since the Hyborian age, but success is still a three-legged stool, and the three modern legs...

  • Making a triple-A console game costs millions of dollars, but independent developers have to think on a much smaller scale. If you're willing to do things the indie way you can create your own game for under ten thousand dollars. These are the resources I used to do exactly that.

    Graphics: $60 - $500

    I cheated on this one by creating my own graphics. This is not for everyone, but if you've done some 3D modeling before and know your way around Photoshop then it may be an...