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Solo dev Dr.Kucho fights for true video games: “People play guided tours now”

PreMortem.Games

Something that seems to offer a challenge, but is actually a perfectly balanced system so that no one ever feels frustrated. I’m starting to work with a writer on a sequel to Moons of Darsalon and I’m already fearing the fights we’re going to have haha!” For me, these are not games, they are guided tours!”

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Osama Dorias: Progress fighting crunch is at risk

GamesIndustry.biz

But what I'm finding is that companies that have to remain competitive because they are in locations where they could lose people more easily are shifting faster to better work-life balance and better support systems for people so they don't burn out because they have more to lose; there's a business incentive for doing that. Read more

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How Rubber Duck Games developed a boss fight in Evil Wizard

Unity Blog

In this guest blog, the Rubber Duck Games team breaks down the journey to developing a boss fight for Evil Wizard – from design and prototyping to animation, testing, balancing, and finalizing the visual effects.

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new Quake map: "Taught By Thirst" for Remix Jam

Radiator Blog

In 2017, Valve quietly removed Aztec from the current CS:GO / CS2 mapcycle, and it has since been permanently replaced by its more balanced modern successor Ancient. They are still key areas for gameplay with major fights. but sadly that wasn't enough to rescue its tainted reputation. Most of the slopes here are very clear 22.5

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Codex: Balance spec

Sirlin

Here are the three green heroes: Master Midori is the Balance spec hero in the green faction. He’s honorable and fair and strives to keep nature’s balance intact. That's not really fair and Balanced. Wandering Mimic is another great Balance card. It’s a pretty fishy effect though. They should stick to units.

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Game Balance and Fantasy Strike

Sirlin

Fantasy Strike is an interesting case study in game balance for an asymmetric game. I did the entire balancing process without any data at all, and now, after it’s all done, we have the data. Relying on Experts I find it much easier to balance a competitive game by going off the opinions of experts than looking at data anyway.

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How to Make Board Game Rules

Brand Game Development

A mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance.” ” Rules are really tricky to do right because you have to serve two purposes: balance the game and communicate clearly. Making Balanced & Clear Rules. Rules vs. Rulebooks. 14 Rules for Board Game Rules.

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