By John Walker on January 30th, 2009 at 12:55 pm.
Mr Kyle Gabler, who apparently made something called World of Goo, has posted on the 2D BOY blog his first night keynote speech at the Global Game Jam 2009. Immediately leap below to see his guide to a group of people attempting to make a game in 48 hours.
Go straight to 1:40 to get to Kyle. It contains short interviews with other indie devs, along with a series of useful tips from a man who knows how to come up with excellent ideas in short spaces of time. Also, his obsession with Tyra Banks is inevitably involved.
This weekend will see 2000 people all around the world making a game in 48 hours. Once the detritus is picked through, we’ll offer some highlights next week.
30/01/2009 at 13:30 RC-1290'Dreadnought' says:
That was a really nice video. Useful hints, especially the last one.
30/01/2009 at 13:33 Rudolfo says:
crazy eyes on the lady in the beginning, plus crazy tips :)
kyle is the bomb, did he really come up with this himself? I wanna hang out, call me kyle! (perseverance of the unflappable destiny…love!)
30/01/2009 at 13:52 Schmung says:
oohh, really interesting. There’s actually a site near me doing this, but it’s only open to the students of said University. Also, I doubt there’s much call for 3D stuff in a game that takes a meagre 48 hours to create.
30/01/2009 at 13:55 Valentin Galea says:
I love Kyle, but why does he wear that hat as a douchbag and never blinks?
Also even the first rule of porn making states that one should never stare into the camera!
Other that that excellent tips!:)
30/01/2009 at 13:55 Tei says:
The most important skill for a game developer, is to finish stuff. This jam thing may be usefull for that.
30/01/2009 at 14:14 AndrewC says:
I’ve had an irony malfunction. I mean, if these are actually serious suggestions, then all that stuff about art games suggests this ‘art’ stuff is just something designers put in to fool pseudy lumkins like Kieron into thinking games are more than just killing monsters.
…could this be true?
30/01/2009 at 14:18 cyrenic says:
@Valentin
All the cool kids wear their hats like that these days.
30/01/2009 at 14:25 Morningoil says:
I <3 Kyle. Not in a gay way. Well, maybe a little. Okay, maybe a lot.
30/01/2009 at 14:26 Morningoil says:
./goes and puts World of Goo soundtrack back on repeat
30/01/2009 at 14:30 qrter says:
That was good. Gabler talking sounds like a voice synthesis program.
30/01/2009 at 15:57 SuperNashwan says:
Does he really have a weirdly stepped sing song voice or is something up with the encoding?
30/01/2009 at 16:14 Smurfy says:
Kyle I want you
30/01/2009 at 16:42 Lizard Dude says:
I liked the dig at Peter Moore’s rant.
30/01/2009 at 18:50 Flobulon says:
He’s a pretty hoopy frood, alright.
30/01/2009 at 19:55 Muzman says:
He’s managed to distill years of art school with that last one. It’s often easier said than done, but indeed: save your love for stochastic processes, not what they make. At least initially.
31/01/2009 at 00:52 Meat Circus says:
He looks like somebody in a pornograph I saw recently.
A *lot* like somebody.
Hey, I suppose he has something to fall back on if 2D Boy doesn’t work out.
31/01/2009 at 02:02 Grandstone says:
I got the feeling it was half-ironic. The chopped-up singsong voice and the tone felt…off.
This guy worked for EA? Really?
31/01/2009 at 02:11 Hypocee says:
The part of EA that used to be Maxis, for what it’s worth.
31/01/2009 at 06:50 Sam C says:
@Grandstone
I’m pretty sure the ‘art’ part was very tongue-in-cheek, as with the looking your best.
31/01/2009 at 12:42 Aubrey says:
That was excellent. Really really good advice all round. The art part was especially insightful… or inciteful, depending on which side of the games art fence you’re on.
Have fun crunching of your own free will, you loons! I’m off to crunch on one of those multibillion dollar games now.
01/02/2009 at 10:16 Zhal says:
Make a game in 48 hours challenges are fun. I took part in one last October, but it was only in a local smaller scale lan-event. Though big enough that Microsoft sponsored the prizes.
10/12/2009 at 19:56 Fzztr says:
@Flobulon:
I never thought I’d see the day I’ll meet someone obsessed with Kyle and Douglas Adams.
31/01/2010 at 02:08 Lilo says:
Gabler talking sounds like a voice synthesis program