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How to Create a Pattern Building Board Game (Tasty Humans Pt. 1)

Brand Game Development

Pattern building board games are really popular among the hobby board gaming crowd. Board Game Geek cites Azul , Sagrada , A Feast for Odin , and Quadropolis as pattern building board games. There is no satisfactory “10 steps to create a pattern building board game” guide out there. There are many, many more as well.

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Job Opening

Grumpy Gamer

I'm looking for a great 2D pixel tile artist. You need to have experience building tiles sheets for a tile-based game, I would prefer it if you've worked on a released game, but if haven't and your art is just a hobby and you're really good, that's OK. Think of it as a puzzle. Must love pixel art.

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Job Opening

Grumpy Gamer

I’m looking for a great 2D pixel tile artist. You need to have experience building tiles sheets for a tile-based game, I would prefer it if you’ve worked on a released game, but if haven’t and your art is just a hobby and you’re really good, that’s OK. Think of it as a puzzle.

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Creating the Perfect Board Game Scoring System (Tasty Humans Pt. 2)

Brand Game Development

He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! I decided that the basic gameplay was going to involve filling up a grid with tiles. What determines how well that player did given a grid is filled with different tiles? His unedited original post can be found here.

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How to Add Variable Player Powers to Your Board Game (Tasty Humans Pt. 3)

Brand Game Development

He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! In my last Designer Diary for Tasty Humans , I talked about how I approached scoring based on the arrangement of tiles in each of the monster’s stomachs. His unedited original post can be found here.

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Tiles editor progress report #2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Two months have passed since my last progress report on the tiles editor rework. tiles editor series: Tiles editor progress report #1. you are here) Tiles editor progress report #2. Tiles editor progress report #3. Tiles editor progress report #4. Tiles editor progress report #5. Here are the news.

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A Little Something

Grumpy Gamer

Side note: Tiled is a great tile editor and come a long way since I first used it many years ago. It's interesting to build an RPG (using the term very loosely) where you have the option to play the entire game with no combat and it's still fun. This is a map section ( SPOILERS ) for the main map.

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