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And I think it will be quite refreshing too for an international audience to be able to experience some parts of the world that are not commonly represented in many mainstream media.” Improvisation and direction “One of the biggest lessons we took from developing the game is to know that we have to balance between improvisation and direction.
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I’m a designer, and I do development and social media outreach. You help balance out each others’ weaknesses. Sarah: I’m the one who makes the early prototypes and I’m in charge of the playtesting. Some prototypes I prepared (at The Game Crafter) were actually so nice that it worked against us.
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Sending this document along with the latest prototype of your game gives artists a ton of information to work with. I send that to the artist with a copy of my latest prototype. Tweaked some game rules to improve balance. Switching all social media automation to the same platform (Buffer). Aesthetic Guidelines.
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