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by Steve Pavlina, founder of Dexterity Software. Reproduced with permission. Part of a series. Bunker Hunt, a man who rose from a bankrupt cotton farmer in the 1930s to a multi-billionaire when he died in the 1970s, was once asked during a TV interview what advice he could give to others who wanted to be financially …
by Steve Pavlina, founder of Dexterity Software. Reproduced with permission. Part of a series. When asked during an interview how he managed to reach the top as a professional bodybuilder and Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger replied with a single word, “Drive!” All great success ultimately begins with an idea, but what makes ideas become reality is …
by Steve Pavlina, founder of Dexterity Software. Reproduced with permission. This article is part of a series. One of the best ways to increase your shareware sales is obvious: release a new product. Of course, this is much easier said than done. But what if there were a way to develop and release a new product …
by Steve Pavlina, founder of Dexterity Software. Reproduced with permission. This article is part of a series. You worked hard to create a quality product. You promoted it using every means at your disposal: submitting to hundreds of download sites, soliciting reviews, issuing a press release, improving your web site, creating a compelling shareware version, and …
by Steve Pavlina, founder of Dexterity Software. Reproduced with permission. This article is part of a series. In my corner of the software industry, I will work from six months to a couple years to develop and release a new computer game. I can sell sequels or expansion packs, but I generally cannot sell upgrades as …
On gamedev.net recently there have been several questions about game objects. What are they? How do they work with the rest of the system? What belongs in the object? When should they be created and destroyed? This week I’ll be addressing a few of these.
Last update 10 Nov 2017. There are an ENORMOUS number of C++ books. Many of them (sadly) have major errors, describing a language that is similar to, but fundamentally different from, the actual C++ language. There are many lists like Stack Overflow’s book guides, both for books to read and books to avoid. There have been several …
On a recent post in reddit, someone else was complaining about the cost of schools in the US. This is fairly similar to an earlier comment I wrote a few years back, but though I should post it here. The question was about if the US actually supports students, why do so many people get expensive …