Shadows on Deck - The Game Maker's Companion: Game Development - page 163

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Shadows on Deck
Making a game using existing characters and worlds can be a lot of fun, but
game developers always aspire to create original concepts. Breathing life into a
new game idea is hard work and to be successful, it needs to harness the
talents of designers, artists, and programmers. We're going to take you
through this process by designing and creating a “vertical slice” of game play
for our ow n original concept; a game b ased on everyone's favorite anti-heroes:
Pirates.