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How to Design the Core Engine of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

My board game design philosophy stems from the Five Levels model, which I created and explain in depth in Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. The basic idea is that board games are a means of communication that facilitate gameplay. The placement of tiles is part of the core engine.

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How to Develop Mentally and Emotionally Accessible Board Games

Brand Game Development

This guide comes in three parts: Cognitive Accessibility Communicative Accessibility Emotional Accessibility. Brandon: Let’s talk about cognitive and communicative accessibility. Communicative Accessibility. Brandon: What are some ways in which games fail to achieve communicative accessibility?

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How Much You Should Spend on Board Game Manufacturing

Brand Game Development

First, when communicating with board game printers, you need to be able to create specs. When you send out specs, pay attention to the quality of their communication. This is why, for example, Tasty Humans uses punchboard and not Azul -like acrylic tiles. This article is a must-read to tell you how to do that. Final Thoughts.

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Why Some Puzzle Games are More Addicting Than Others?

Deconstructor of Fun

In such a highly competitive space, innovation is the key to creating new opportunities, and we've seen that with the rise of Physical Match and Tile Match games. Titles like Match Factory , Triple Match 3D , and Tile Busters have successfully carved out space by introducing fresh mechanics to the puzzle category.

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Tasty Humans: How Our Board Game Raised $20,536 on Kickstarter

Brand Game Development

It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. We were very communicative and always willing to help one another out. Need help on your board game?

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How to Create the Perfect Board Game Kickstarter Campaign Page

Brand Game Development

The campaign page must communicate all critical information clearly. But they also emphasized custom meeples and tiles, both of which are popular components. Here are the four I’ve observed: All Kickstarter campaign pages must be fundamentally built to appeal to your target market. Never over-promise!

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Turkish Gaming Phenomenon Uncovered: A Conversation with Rina Onur

Deconstructor of Fun

Together with Mishka, they discuss the highs and lows of Spyke Games, shining a spotlight on their latest sensation, Tile Busters. Rina attributes the success of Tile Busters, their second and most successful game to date, to an experiment gone right. Even if it is not your preferred genre choice. I couldn’t agree more.

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