I decided to put pen to paper and write a few things down about things I've learned in Video Games. I've had quite a bit of experience making games, including getting into the technical aspects of side scrollers, 2.5D games, 3D single players and 3D MMOs. After a while, I was able to pick out bad programming (and design) practises, and time and time again, they turned out to be very beneficial to players - if they knew they existed (and I wasn't around to fix them).
Some IRL friends convinced me (I don't know how) to include their work, and someone passed some things under the table to include Shortys 'guide' as well. The only thing I've written though is the initial MMO non-specific work, because I think that work should be free. Everyone else wanted it to be paid only guides, but I don't believe in that - the internet was made for freedom of information, and that's what this is about; information everyone should have.
Credits:
Hp94 - MMO Guide
Anonymous - Other Guide
Shorty - RAoV Guide
Art and Small Crypto Puzzle: Hp94
Directly Attached Old Zipped Version:
Guide_1.3.zip
Alternative Download (Old Version: 1.3): LINK EXPIRED - Mediafire
Older Versions:
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Pre-commercial release docx: LINK EXPIRED
Pre-commercial release pdf: LINK EXPIRED
Please let me know of any spelling errors if you see them - it's not like anyone else is going to point them out.