How to start a first project

[General Failure]

Not really a tutorial, but an interesting article can be read on A Hardy developer's journal.

Mark Richards has written an article about mistakes one can avoid while planning his first game. The article's headline is

The Idealist's Way: Developing your dream game

and can be found here:
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Ben Chandler has also published 3 other interesting articles about game design on that site.

[Mystery]

Thanks for sharing General Failure, it's certainly a good help!