John Passfield has written an entry in his Game Musings blog where he goes through the steps he took to make a game in his spare time. It's an interesting challenge that he set himself, seeing as like many of us, he's an extremely busy guy!..
With all the talk about escalating game budgets for the next generation consoles and how hard it is to bring your game to market - especially an original IP - I thought it would be an interesting challenge to make a game in my spare time. The result is a game called Word Shake that I developed over the last nine months.
There's some great advice there and plenty of tips, including info on setting up a website and an e-commerce package to sell the game. Well worth checking out, and having a go also!