Google Day 1

Goals of the day:

1. Find useful webistes that explain how to do game.

2. Find out what makes an game successful.

3. Find out what it takes to publish an game.

1. This are some of the useful links that explain how to do an app or game:

http://fuse.microsoft.com/page/kodu

Kodu is a website that explains how to do games in an easy and exciting way. It has both written and video explanations of how to do a game. It also shows examples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xauuWekRFAM

This is a tutorial given by a kid. This menas it can't be that hard. It explains every single step of how to do a game with a program called Alice. 

2. This are some of the links that answer question 2:

http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/WhatMakesaGame.shtml

Here a guy named Wolfang Cramer that explains the characteristics of a great game:

-Originality

-Freshness and replayability

-Surprise

-Equal opportunity

-Winning chances

-No early elimination

-No "kingmaker effect"

-Reasonable waiting times

-Creative control

and many more......

3. This is a link that explains the things you have to have in order to publish your game:

http://reverbpublishing.com/terms-conditions/

This are the things you need to have:

• ncorporated Policies and Terms
• License and Site Access
• Copyright
• Trademarks and Service Marks
• Third-Party Content
• Linking
• Submissions
• Infringement
• Export Restrictions
• Disclaimers
• Limitation of Liability
• Applicable Law and Venue
• Termination
• Severability 

This copied directly from the website.