Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In Tasty Humans , points are earned by monsters for eating people and arranging their body part tiles in certain ways in the monster’s stomach. There are limits to exactly how you can place tiles, and you don’t always get what you want. If you hate the game you’re playtesting, do something different.

Game Designer 130

Game Designer Game Design Tile Games 130

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Drapple is an abstract, tile-laying gardening game. Observance is a game of stargazing, engine building, and time management. Every iteration of each game has to be created somehow and there are A LOT of iterations – usually a new one after each playtest, especially in the beginning. Carla: I also do a lot of interviews!

Playtesting 130

Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping 130

Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Not long after that I started working on a game (then called City Draft) that would be strongly inspired by a few key influences: 7 Wonders for the mechanics and structure, Carcassonne for the idea of placing tiles in a grid, and SimCity for the theme. Science is purely all or nothing.

Build 40

Build Tile Point and Click Games 40

Interesting Choices

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Also wanted to give a quick update on my various boardgame designs: City Draft - This 7 Wonders inspired drafting game is consistently liked in playtests and has been improving slowly and steadily. I thought I was onto something here after I hit a design breakthrough a few weeks ago but I'm getting discouraged again based on recent playtests.

Game Designer 40

Game Designer Game Design Playtesting Tile 40

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

At that point, Second Dinner revealed that their first project just so happens to be a licensed Marvel IP, which the team has been working on for six months already and is currently beginning to playtest. Unlike other card games that are built around specific heroes or mana colors, Marvel Snap has a more flexible deck building system.

Feature 95

Feature Mechanics Tile Mobile 95

Grid Sage Games

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

. “Semi-modal” 45-Row UI Layout Although players are free to continue using the full 60-row layout originally designed for Cogmind, anyone who does not mind sacrificing some convenience in exchange for greater cell size can use 33% larger tiles and text by switching to a 45-row layout. Finally a darkened background!

Demo 52

Demo Feature Code Beta 52

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some individual items take days or even weeks to build. This way we know the maximum rate at which such an item can be used, plus this kind of item is likely more accessible to builds that don’t have the capability to supply large bursts of energy at once. They’re that crazy. Sample ASCII art from among the 100 new items.

Balance 52

Balance Mechanics Beta Alpha 52