CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments. What does a game designer do?

Film 52

Film Animation Animation Concepts 52

Game Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

So it took over six months and a lot of back-and-forth communication to arrive at a point where we were greenlit to receive the funds as the first metaverse and blockchain-enabled game to go through that program. We need the LoL of blockchain gaming.

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Point and Click Communications Games Build 98

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Inonu, Polyak, and Dymshits agreed that developers should also explore subscription products and leveraging IP outside of games, as well as re-investing in brand marketing and original game design. Fun generates retention, he said, stating that game designers should think of their games as becoming a daily player habit.

Games 59

Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Before doing a full item-by-item review, I started with two special categories of unique build-defining items: aliens artifacts and Exiles prototypes. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. As an example, by far the most sought after prototype was Lightpack 2.0, Categorical Approach. Slot-wise Approach.

Balance 52

Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The term carpet-of-doom is an ironic reference to the “stacks-of-doom” of Civ 4 where an AI could invade with 20+ units stacked on a single tile. Although I saw that Civ 5 ’s 1UPT had become the mainstream conception of a tile-based 4X game, Old World actually went through roughly a year of development WITH stacked units.

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Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics 40

Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome to My Elephant in the Room: An Old World Design Postmortem. Here are the games that I’ve worked on. Spoiler alert: Civilization 3 and 4 are going to come up a lot in the presentation… I also do a podcast where I interview game designers about why they make games, so check it out if you have time for 4-hour interviews.

Tile 98

Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics 98

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is a step-by-step approach with templates and mechanics for anyone who wants to create a functional game. Users can gain experience and expertise by using blueprints that can be used to work on other game genres like making customizations or creating new AI and game mechanics.

Engineering 56

Engineering Engine Development Visual Scripting 56

Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It's mostly "safe for work" even if the actual game is not. That Lonesome Valley is a short gay cowboy romance game about walking, sheepherding, and kissing. Back in 2019 I made an unfinished prototype for a Gay Western game jam to contemplate the anniversary of influential gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain (2005).

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Pixel Film Art Prototyping 130

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Zugzwang by Robert Yang This post details my process and intent for making my new release Zugzwang (pronounced in German like /ts'OOK-ts'VAHng/ ) a tactical sex dungeon roguelike cum ritual game. I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. CONTENT WARNING 1: I mention a suicide from a century ago.

Code 100

Code Education Educational Prototyping 100