Communications Dev Playtesting 
Brand Game Development
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. When you playtest a game, alone or with other people, you’re going to be creating a lot of data. Log every single playtest with the game and make sure your playtest matches with a game version number. Who played? What was the outcome?
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 8, 2024
With the game now announced for a 2024-release, the part time solo dev is motivated to finish the game. This practice helps keep me well rounded as a developer so I can better communicate with people who specialize in those roles. I do a lot of solo playtesting, either against myself or against a CPU player. “I
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Brand Game Development
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
” Rules are really tricky to do right because you have to serve two purposes: balance the game and communicate clearly. Speaking of communicating clearly, let’s draw a distinction between rules and rule books. Playtest a Ton. The post How to Make Board Game Rules appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.
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.
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. Rami Ismail Click away in seconds Working in games is a communication minefield: multidisciplinary communications, both internal and external, with the purpose of alignment or selling ideas.
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
After launching Jumplight Odyssey in August of 2023 the studio failed to secure additional funding and was forced to lay off the entire game’s dev team in November. Three years later the situation at League of Geeks has changed drastically. Many of us have been in the industry for a long time. “Our
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 2, 2018
Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This suite is based on the Five Levels of Communication through Game Development , my own personal board game development philosophy. I also try to go to as many conventions as I can and playtest as much as possible. Need help on your board game?
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