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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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t strive for balance, but maintaining balance has always been important to me for Cogmind, since it fits better with my vision for this type of game, heavy on tough, complex, and consequential decision-making at multiple strategic and tactical levels. Alien Artifacts. Exiles Prototypes.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve split it into five sections for your convenience: How Ben, Sarah, and Will Got Started How Working in a Team Feels The Downsides of Teamwork Communication in a Team Advice for New Game Devs. Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014.

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

After months of toiling in a secluded attic, the last weeks of which were particularly grueling, we finally took Second Hand to its first public showings: first to Dev-Play in Bucharest and shortly thereafter to Clujotronic in our very own Cluj. It was scary, thrilling, amazing and… we won the Dev-Play Indie Pitch! Color me excited!

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 20, 2019

After several months of brainstorming and playtesting, we settled on the mechanics of Cover Your Kingdom. This also increased emotional response and provided some balancing mechanisms that prevented the formation of massive piles. We added, balanced, and optimized new mechanics one by one. Action Cards. Two Actions Per Turn.

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

However, once the game attracts more players, we may want to modify our matchmaking to provide our players with a more balanced and fun play experience. Then, use “ MegaFrogRace ” for the game name and use the existing “ GameDeployment-MegaFrogRace ” role for the Dev stage, then select Create. The import may take a minute to complete.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

In playtesting so far this (among other benefits we’ll get to later) is already clearly tempting players who would otherwise always prefer regular branches over infiltrating a Garrison. The above samples show encounters added to a variety of Garrison layouts, highlighted with a dev visualization overlay.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

First a little relevant dev note: When creating new item-based mechanics, internally I’ll generally use more generic names for effects. Now just while you’re thinking you got off easy, time to hit you with the drawbacks (no, silly, simply needing to charge the PT is not a massive drawback compared to what you get!).

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

So often, when we’re balancing our designs , it’s because we’re trying to nail down board game pacing. Acquiring more Leader tiles gives the player more to try to balance. In playtesting, the time between turns has rarely been an issue. 5) appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. But how do you do that?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

Not to mention it organically balances the game by attaching a cost to tiles that are strictly better. At this point, I have playtested Tasty Humans over fifty times. 4) appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Is it worth taking that better tile at the expense of picking last next round? That is an interesting decision.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

For balance purposes, I limit the number of voyeurs in the maze, otherwise it can enter a deadlock where there's only voyeurs but no one for them to watch. In my playtests, it felt like the best tactic is to try to trap the cop in the corner with your body while the AIs coordinate a big orgy that gives you a huge payout.

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