Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

We’re picking up where we left off last week with How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game , so read that if you haven’t had the chance yet. Today, we’ll be focusing on testing game mechanics after you design them. A quick recap: game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Mod and wield with pride When talking about Sulfur, Albiin describes it as “a dream mix of our favorite game elements: action-filled FPS mechanics combined with the unpredictable, high-stakes loop of a roguelike.” To navigate these challenges, they compromised and honed in on core strengths—art, creativity, and game feel.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This also meant we had less dev time to fix bugs or optimize performance. “Ricky has his own unique art style that he brought into the process.” The post Ascent of Ashes dev switches to Godot halfway development Not as chaotic as Unity appeared first on PreMortem Games. And so far, the team is happy they did.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, when trying to provide art directions to James, I remembered an additional pitfall that is an especially prescient and intense problem for self-publishers. The board art is nearly done.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 7, 2017

That, my friends, is the Art of the Play Test. ” Created traffic mechanic. 3: Nixed the traffic mechanic. Implemented construction mechanic. 4: Reduced board crowding and fiddliness of construction mechanic. A play test copy of my current project – Highways & Byways. 5: Added Vehicle Cards.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. Since I was a child, I always found myself surrounded by art, because most of my family were artists (ballet dancers, painters, musicians). Which art and music will be needed? For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the game now announced for a 2024-release, the part time solo dev is motivated to finish the game. I get to wear every hat, from 3D art to level design to marketing and everything in-between “Working on personal projects is also a great way to develop new skills that I don’t have the opportunity to develop in my day-to-day work.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 6, 2024

French solo dev Matthieu Houllier , operating under the name Brute Force , has been making games by himself for five years. I was lucky enough to release my first game Crumble as a solo-dev, it did way above what I anticipated and allowed me to live off of gamedev.” In that time he has released the 3D platform game Crumble. “It

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DameDev.tv

DECEMBER 16, 2022

as we explore the top 7 game dev myths Laurie (Avocado Fire) joins Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* to discuss these 7 game dev myths and address any concerns that you have. Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Google “list of board game mechanics.” Find or make simple art for your game. Swap out any art that doesn’t reinforce the feeling you’re trying to evoke. Play the game with your first draft art and components. Attempt to fix issues you identified with art or components yesterday. Don’t overthink it!

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As an artist, I see games as works of art, not just as interactive entertainment. I sketch many times, not only my concept art but even game mechanics. It’s a new way to make art. “One of the biggest advantages is surely the freedom. It’s important to try many things that have never been done before.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Much like theme vs. mechanics , separating people into gateway gamers and hardcore gamers is another persistent dichotomy in the board game community. Unlike theme and mechanics, though, I think this distinction is much more useful. You can make complex games based on simple mechanics like Patchwork.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Experiment with a theme or mechanics you’ve never used. Buy some board game art, even if it’s just one piece. truly became alive when I got the first art from James Masino. You can read more about that in my article here: Setting Up Social Media as a Board Game Dev: A Primer Course. My first game, War Co.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In this greyboxing phase I usually put a few people to play and observe if the results were positive and if the flow of the level worked as planned, and only then finish with the art.” For this, the more cartoonish art style of the world and characters seemed like a good option to achieve this result.” Beware of mutant scope.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

The following excerpt is from Games Speak through Mechanics, Not Rules (Dev Diary: 04/28/17). If you strip out all the mechanics that put obstacles in your players’ path, what’s left? The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics you need to have a functioning game. That’s a mechanic. Chess tells a story.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 27, 2024

Toronto, Canada based indie dev Thousand Stars Studio prides itself on being a culturally diverse studio. Art Director Sally Luc believes that every team member’s origin and unique perspective on the world help shape something that goes beyond solely what’s popular. Art Director Sally Luc then took the designs and added her own flavor.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2024

Sound design, art direction, marketing, you name it. This isn’t a truly solo project, as I’ve had some contractors help out immensely in concept art, sound, and on the PR front.” It all started with wanting to tackle a small project that a programmer with limited art skills could tackle. And the biggest pitfalls?

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Only after your game is functional and has a few mechanics and rules do I recommend bringing in play-testers. Early play-testing feels more like science than art. I’ve got Event Card art.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Games, at their core, might just be a series of mechanics and rules, but themes keep us from feeling like we’re playing out the logical conclusion of mathematical functions. Internal narrative includes theme, story, art, components, and even box design. The inner narrative should reinforce the game’s mechanics and rules.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 4, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. In the wee hours of the morning last Friday night, James Masino delivered the first serious draft of Highways & Byways board art. James Masino delivered board art. I have play-testing on the brain.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 24, 2016

All mechanics and art must serve this basic feeling. Accept that using limited mechanics can cause unforeseen consequences in gameplay. One of the most praised mechanics of War Co. The post Find Your Destination by Making Wrong Turns appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Take risks.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It is true that games speak to players through gameplay – the core engine, mechanics, and rules. However, when people think of storytelling in games, they think of theme, story, art, components, and even box design. ” I’ll see a piece of art or hear an ancient myth and – boom – I’m inspired.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 5, 2017

Prior to becoming a game developer, I was an art thief. I pawned off all my art under a fake name at several pawn shops in a different state each time. I used the funds to pay James Masino to draw the art for War Co. I used the funds to pay James Masino to draw the art for War Co. Key Takeaways for Game Devs.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 13, 2019

Everything can be scrapped at a moment’s notice – mechanics, rules, art, and even basic core concepts. You come up with basic ideas, find physical pieces to represent those ideas, and come up with game mechanics. Then you regulate the expression of those mechanics through rules. Art direction is complicated.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I went through a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and then through Film School, all looking for bigger and better art forms. Painting or art I could work on everyday, but I felt it wasn’t broad enough. Is this mechanic fun? All advice for new game devs is to work on small projects, and make as many as you can.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

I went through a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and then through Film School, all looking for bigger and better art forms. Painting or art I could work on everyday, but I felt it wasn’t broad enough. Is this mechanic fun? All advice for new game devs is to work on small projects, and make as many as you can.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

You need to play-test your game a few hundred times, commission some art, start a Twitter account, keep your blog up to date, fix that broken mechanic, tweak some minute detail you’re afraid you’ll forget about, all while holding down a 9-5 (or 6 or 7) job and raising kids and paying the bills…. Your to-do list is ever-growing.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Playing games exposes you to mechanics and design trends. Just understand that you don’t have to spend $15,000 on games like that gamer to be a good game dev. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 1, 2021

Product-market fit takes into account your game’s mechanics and play experience, its art, its price, its components, and a whole host of different factors that gamers look for – consciously or unconsciously – before they buy. Anything that might make a difference in your game’s marketability, you can share.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This also meant we had less dev time to fix bugs or optimize performance. In the end we’d rather tone down some of our more ambitious features to get acceptable performance, and deliver a bug-free and polished release to our players.” “Ricky has his own unique art style that he brought into the process.”

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I’m also very skeptical about the return on investment that game devs can expect from a typical con. They look for mechanics and general play-ability. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Once the core engine and mechanics are in place, board games can be dragged down by easy-to-fix but hard-to-identify issues. Art is never finished, just shipped. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It is true that games speak to players through gameplay – the core engine, mechanics, and rules. However, when people think of storytelling in games, they think of theme, story, art, components, and even box design. Art and storytelling Physical experience and storytelling Parting advice. Playtesting storytelling.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

” But as is often the case, plans change, and the solo dev path transformed into a collaborative journey. However, as Necro Story took longer than anticipated, she pitched in with QA, key art, and marketing assets. But it was more than just the combat mechanics that intrigued him.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 8, 2017

It would be a blast even without the bright art, consistent humor, and narration by Jon Bailey. There are other great mechanics you can use. Engagement Driver 3: Good Housekeeping through Mechanics. As a general rule of thumb in game design, you don’t want to do anything with rules that can be done by improving mechanics.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

To sell in this awfully noisy, competitive board gaming environment, you have to have mechanics and art that people really enjoy. On the note of mechanics, we were really lucky. He made the caricature art that really refined the look of Tasty Humans. It’s not enough to simply make a good game, though.

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