Balance Dev Game Designer 
Game Wisdom
MAY 25, 2023
The Clash of Choices in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com One of the many balancing acts of game design is the act of creating cool, interesting, unique, abilities for the player to use, and then balancing said abilities within the scope and design of your game.
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Solo devs have to be generalists, and that’s not for everyone”. Typically I’ll design and iterate alone, make playable builds, then have others play them and check the response and any (new) problems that crop up in the user’s experience. .” I think this helps with keeping game dev burnout at bay.”
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Brand Game Development
JANUARY 13, 2017
Though it’s super easy to pick up, the game turns into a slightly heady mix of deduction, risk mitigation, and probabilistic thinking. All the strategy fundamentally comes down to a single principle of game design that became apparent to me after a few rounds. The eight cards in Love Letter are as follows: Guard.
Brand Game Development
MARCH 29, 2021
You have to block off time for your creativity to flow, do the hard work, and take tough feedback to make the best game you can. I also think that if you’re brand new to board game design, it’s worth pushing a small project all the way through its full lifecycle from start to finish. All of this means trying hard!
Brand Game Development
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Seem like a monster to balance? These are valid concerns, but consider the following reviews on Board Game Geek: “Totally asymmetric but surprisingly balanced” – Patmol, 10/10 “Excellent design, asymmetric factions. For that reason, I think asymmetry is underrated in board gaming.
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 21, 2019
” reaction and it’s a lot easier to compete with 6% of games than it is to compete with 94% of games. Force players to balance tactics and strategy. Getting into the gameplay of Pandemic itself, you notice that the game creates all kinds of interesting decision points at every turn.
Brand Game Development
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
On top of that, the experience for beginners and the experience for advanced players are different enough to keep the game engaging even as you learn more about it. For these reasons and more, we’re going to dive into Ticket to Ride and talk about what new board game designers can learn from this 15-year-old game.
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