User blog:GeoFruck/Game Development Wiki

A few people are aware of a recent project that I have been working on and I'd like to make it known to this community, in order to see if there is any interest or feedback about it. Basically, I'm a gamer at heart, I've always loved playing games, and I will probably love them for the rest of my life. So, I want to make a game.

Now, I don't have any programming experience, so that part is going to be tricky. But, I can go through the full design phase of the development process without needing to know how to program, and that is no small part of the development of a game. Anyone who really wants to make a game can do this part of the process, too, and if joining and participating on this wiki has shown me nothing else, it's what a collaborative effort of like minded people can accomplish.

With the mobile industry just really starting to embrace games. It really is the time for this kind of initiative to be started. Some companies are starting to get the clue that gamers are the ones that really know what they want, but it's still going to be a clumsy implementation of the idea and they'll still probably screw it up somehow. The only way for it to be done right, is for it to be more of an open-source type of a movement. Without the marketing and upper management types getting in the way. The actual real people who do the real work, making it happen.

I tried to do this on wikia, and it turns out that I can't, because they won't allow the necessary licensing. Plus, they didn't like that there might be money to be made from it, so I ended up elsewhere.

I am inviting everyone who reads this to come and take a look, and of course join if you'd like. I have just recently started the wiki, and have not yet figured out everything I want to do with it as far as structure goes. What I have spent time on is researching how to protect the intellectual property, at least as much as possible, that I hope gets developed there. A big shout out to BMcFierce, Rossval, SuperSlacker, and Oathborn for being supportive. And, of course, same to the admins of this wiki for letting me put this up....and the outstanding job they have done, and will surely continue to do :)

As always, feedback is welcome and wanted.

Game Development Wiki