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how long does it take to make a flash game?

Posted Jul 15, '08 at 12:30am

Arax_Nisanu

Arax_Nisanu

1,344 posts

Iron - Lord

as dank said, it all depends on how well you want the game to be.

 

Posted Jul 15, '08 at 9:07am

flappybob999

flappybob999

596 posts

Wood - Prince

Well it depends. If you are making a game like Sonny, probably a couple months, maybe even a year. If you make a game like creakwood forest, however, you'll find It takes 2 days. :/

It depends all on the graphics and how experienced you want the Flash game to be.

 

Posted Jul 15, '08 at 12:28pm

N00BKiller

N00BKiller

189 posts

Wood - King

yea it depends on the game "goodness". if u wanna make a very quicly game i excpect maybe a day or 2. if u wanna make a game like sonny, i could take month!

 

Posted Jul 15, '08 at 2:03pm

Louissi

Louissi

26 posts

Iron - Squire

Some games take weeks, others take months. It takes longer when you have to program something you never did before. Experimentation is the most time-consuming part of game making.

 

Posted Jul 31, '08 at 12:24am

Whichello

Whichello

4 posts

Iron - Serf

and after u experimented u will probably get bugs because of the experiment

 

Posted Jul 31, '08 at 12:26am

Klaushouse

Klaushouse

1,612 posts

Iron - Lord

Yes.. I come across so many bugs that I quit 90% of the games I make. But then I start one and it's like.. every little bit that worked on the other games comes together into this new one.

 

Posted Jul 31, '08 at 10:31am

gucipovuci

gucipovuci

30 posts

Iron - Lord

well it would be very cool to make the game but there ar so many things...i cant understand

 

Posted Jul 31, '08 at 11:05am

Klaushouse

Klaushouse

1,612 posts

Iron - Lord

Haha try checking out my thread(how to start making games complete guide) and Programming 101. Two great threads if you want to get started.

 

Posted Jul 31, '08 at 11:26am

Programpro

Programpro

303 posts

Wood - Knight

Well, the only real game I made (like, one that wasn't just pong or something), I made in a language called blitzbasic. It's the kind where you have to manually load and display each image, update frames, handle collision detetion yourself. Basically starting from scratch. Anyway the game is pretty long, with a boss and a bunch of different areas, and it took 3 weeks straight of sitting at my computer, drawing/coding/building level databases (I mean, like, only getting up for food, sleep, and bathroom breaks). It's got over 4,000 lines of code (without spacing!), and 11,510 words.

But, yeah, 3 weeks is the time it took (or maybe a month...it was a while ago, so I can't remember...definitely a month if you count testing for bugs).

 

Posted Jul 31, '08 at 11:44am

Klaushouse

Klaushouse

1,612 posts

Iron - Lord

And where is this game Program? Would like to see it! :P

 
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