A helpful tip for any game designers out there.\u00a0 Or, honestly, anyone who ever does any important work on a computer.\u00a0 Back things up regularly.\u00a0 I learned that lesson as a teenager when some computer issues combined with a bad tech support worker resulted in the system getting formatted.\u00a0 Fortunately, I did actually keep copies of my most important files on a CD-RW at the time, but I only updated it every so often so I lost about a week\u2019s worth of work.\u00a0 Could have been worse though.\u00a0 Ever since then, I\u2019ve been much more careful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More recently, the critical system failures I had to deal with could have been utterly disastrous (for Aurora\u2019s Nightmare, among many other things) if I didn\u2019t keep everything backed up.\u00a0 While backing up your files to external media never hurts, these days I\u2019d say the best way to go is with a cloud backup program.\u00a0 It will automatically back up all the designated files and folders and your computer in the background as you work to a secure sever.\u00a0 There\u2019s a monthly fee but, so long as you have an internet connection, you\u2019ll never lose more than a few minutes (or, at worst, a few hours) of work.\u00a0 You may even be able to retrieve old versions of files if you accidentally deleted or saved over something.\u00a0 And, since everything is backed up off-site, it doesn\u2019t even matter if your entire house burns down, you\u2019ll still have your files.\u00a0 Personally, I use Carbonite, but there\u2019s several good services available.\u00a0 Even if you don\u2019t have anything really important to save, the convenience alone is probably still worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A helpful tip for any game designers out there.\u00a0 Or, honestly, anyone who ever does any important work on a computer.\u00a0 Back things up regularly.\u00a0 I learned that lesson as a teenager when some computer issues combined with a bad tech support worker resulted in the system getting formatted.\u00a0 Fortunately, I did actually keep copies … Continue reading Backups<\/span>