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How to Start Making Games
A short essay for Game Design Essay Jam about how to start making games for zero dollars, with links to my (currently three) "How to Make a Game" templates!! Includes advice and links for using free art and photos, free editing software, and free fonts! My "How to Make" games: How to Make a One-Page Game How to Make a Wretched & Alone Game How to Make a What's So Cool About Game Pages: 3, including title page
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