Police Run discussion

Hello👋

First of all thank you 🙏for taking interest in my very first finished game. Your support will go a long way in helping me to develop more games for you play and enjoy.

I had great fun making this game and learning new problem solving techniques, one of which was how to develop your idea to completion instead of jumping from one mini project to the next without achieving or releasing anything for others to enjoy. The video below shows you some of the features added to the game after some great feedback from other developers who tried the game out.

Adding these features taught me the importance of having some sort of structure when developing your game, meaning that every feature needs to be broken down into small pieces and each piece must be completed within a set amount of time. Failure of which requires you to reconsider whether or not the feature is at all substantial. The last thing you want as a solo developer is getting discouraged from completing your project by something that is not even necessary to implement. Think about that for a second.😯

I have also learned that although I spent a great deal of time making Police Run, the audience does not really care about my efforts, they do not care that I spend a lot of sleepless nights trying to get the game to be bug free. Their most important concern is that the game is good looking and fun to play.  Visuals are everything nowadays. I am not an artistic person😞, and I believe a lot of us indie developers are not very artsy, but a good  looking game is a necessity because great and unique graphics are what really catches the eye. I am not going to repeat the mistakes I made with Police Run with regards to neglecting quality game art that is consistent with the style of game.

That is it!! I am very proud that I finished this game, I can only improve from this point. Again I want to thank you for your support. Happy gaming!

PS. My 7 year old PC is now restarting itself randomly, I have tried everything. It is getting in my way, really!😢