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Talking Without Words

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Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. This week, in Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I released Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Cash ‘n Guns: Making a Game Physical

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You have a limited amount of bullets (“Bang”) and blanks (“Click”). You choose a Bang or a Click at the beginning of each round and point your gun at someone. Each round you have a Boss, who can tell one person to change who they’re pointing their gun at.

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You Are Not Alone: Common Pains for Game Devs & How to Overcome Them

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Something clicked for me. The top five complaints were ones of exhaustion, time constraints, difficulty communicating with other people, disappointment in existing games, and frustration with development tools. Communication Breakdowns with People. Becoming a good communicator takes a lot of practice. You are not alone.

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7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing

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Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. The main challenge of Highways & Byways at this point is not the core engine, the mechanics, or the rules , but rather how well the game itself can communicate with players. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Method Acting for Board Games – Immerse Yourself in a Theme

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Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Board games have few ways to communicate with players. Themes are one of the primary ways in which board games can communicate.

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How to Tell When Play-Testing Feedback is Useful or Not

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Click here. Every opinion – however misinformed you may believe to be – is a data point. As in rigorous scientific experiments, data points are to be gathered accurately and then interpreted later. Choose something to pay extra close attention to, such as balance, communication, or accessibility.

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How to Make a Tabletop Simulator Demo of Your Board Game

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This means you can find play-testers all over the world, which allows you to see how well your game communicates with people from different cultures or who don’t speak your language as well. In this order, click Create , Single , Classic , then Custom. In the top middle of the screen, click Objects. Click Import.