Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Difficulty.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

For Beta 12 I decided to include it on the patron feature voting list, and… it won. This might help spot areas I wanted to adjust, or at least offer a clearer picture of the total challenges and rewards possible in a given map as of Beta 11. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. or large (hard to fit the work in?),

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For independent studios, creative marketing strategies like crowdfunding and early-access Beta releases play a crucial role. Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging. Balancing creativity with project constraints is tricky.

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Filmustage

MARCH 7, 2025

In addition to these components, many coverage formats include a grading grid that scores specific elements (concept, characters, dialogue, etc.) This methodical approach balances thorough assessment with efficient delivery for creators and decision-makers seeking expert input. on a scale. Account security by OKTA.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a general concept teleportation technology exists in quite a few varieties throughout the world of Cogmind, though the player only has access to some of them. In fact I have two new concepts for teleportation tech, which is kinda funny because of how they evolved out of the same idea.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I was really unsure any of this would work at all, since internally it’s quite complex and therefore hard to gauge what outcomes are possible and whether they’d really fit into Cogmind, which has a pretty strong focus on design balance. The first iteration simply averaged together the stats of all the input items.

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Grid Sage Games

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Moria’s descendant Angband also included ego items ( over 100 properties), but expanded the concept of randomized items even further by adding the option to activate “Randomly Generated Artifacts,” abbreviated “randarts.” Would they be fun? Create interesting situations?

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Filmustage

MAY 31, 2022

Also after a long time of hard work we are happy to announce the beta-testing of the new Custom categories feature in the Filmustage software. He believes it is unfair to show only light or darkness - and always strives for balance. Be one of the first to test the new functionality - click here for more detailed information.

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Sirlin

JULY 3, 2016

Which brings us to the first try you had at a competitive mode during the beta. I'm totally with you that it can work and be balanced on the razor's edge of 50-50 fairness. It's violating the "win is a win" concept and it's favoring certain strategies in a boring way. This one uses an asymmetric mode for the "tie breaker".

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

So this is this tough balance between being really super fast and building something really small and iterative and getting data soon and deciding what to do. Now, that moved to beta, then it's moved to Alpha, now it's moved to first playable. Now it's moved to concepting.

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