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Become rich from your bedroom: create your own games company

Fred Williams, programmer for ZX Spectrum games

As a long-term gamer, it can often be frustrating to sit back and watch games companies repeat the same mistakes time after time. Getting into the games industry is notoriously difficult—but one well-established route involves creating a game, or portfolio of games, to show off your enthusiasm and skills.

Why stop there? Once you can create games, why not form your own company and sell games from the comfort of your own room, garage, basement, office… Even in this climate where titans dominate the games industry, independent projects are still making it big.

Interested? Check out this how-to from Download Squad, where they investigate the options available in terms of graphics and core engines; part 2, coming soon, will look at distribution.

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