The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Most people don't actually care about deep dives into game design. But I DO Write Games For a Living I try out lots and lots of video games. For example, you can make the same goblin (well, moblin) fort play entirely differently by placing it in ways that interact with the terrain around it. Wise choice.

Cutscenes 81

Cutscenes Terrain Games Puzzle 81

Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

But before I explain the narration, I want to jump back in time when I started building the endless terrain generator. But on the other hand, this fact made me aware of my competence as a game designer.  Where do I begin here… Let me go back to the point I quit writing about in the blog. The creature designs.

Prototyping 52

Prototyping Terrain Open World Rigging 52

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

The scope of this rebalance is way too large to cover in its entirety, and while I don’t plan to write about every aspect, we’ll be looking at the broad strokes and pick out some representative examples here and there. This is a pretty good example of the heavy influence interface limitations can have on game design.

Balance 52

Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Here I depart from Brokeback and take a note from God's Own Country, writing two characters with different ethnicities and upbringings: Jose is a middle class suburban Latino west coaster, and Bud is a white working class rural hill guy. You can place this game in a tradition of walkie-talkie games like Firewatch or Wheels of Aurelia.

Pixel 52

Pixel Film Art Prototyping 52