Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Well, after Beta 11 that’s where we find ourselves now, switching focus more and more to brand new elements that don’t need to adhere to any sort of core content accessibility requirements. There’s already a ton of core content--many hundreds of hours worth. It’s about 800 lines long :P Here “post-1.0”

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging. The proof of concept is crucial, helping decide if the game is feasible, its cost, team size, and timeline. Playtesters are vital in finding bugs, glitches, and potential issues. The 7 Odd Roadblocks!

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. It’d sure be nice to resolve that!

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a general concept teleportation technology exists in quite a few varieties throughout the world of Cogmind, though the player only has access to some of them. In fact I have two new concepts for teleportation tech, which is kinda funny because of how they evolved out of the same idea.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

After the loss of my father, I began working on the Bob project and realized that the story and concept had been with me for years, he says. I prioritize creating content based on what I believe will facilitate the games marketing efforts, he explains. No amount of playtesting is ever enough, he says. War (what is it good for?)

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

The first part of this so-called “Great Utility Update” began during Alpha 12 with a few fundamental mechanical changes, but since then the project remained on the to-do list until 1) even more content was added to the game, and 2) we collected more info about what items people were and were not using, and why. Fine tuning.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

It’s important to stick to the plan to avoid spending years making prototypes, that you will need to adapt in most cases after the first playtests. If it’s necessary to maintain a high level of quality, offer regular content, and respect the players who are loyal to the game, I would do it.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“It’s clear that simulation, as both a genre and concept, is far more popular in VR than in Console and PC games. Playtesting is crucial at this point. Not only does it help your team manage the workload, but it means you can roll out more content to keep your players engaged later. It’s also defined a bit differently.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

This reflects the concept that all such parts are interconnected with the Scrap Engine and other constructs. Having playtested this new mechanic for a while, I’ve found that it comes with many interesting new strategic considerations, a whole new play style which can be both fun and challenging in its own ways. More strategy!

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The first question around non-PVP content (single player campaign, Zombies) was resourcing: non-PVP content required the most development heads and was the least retentive in the long term, since players tended to not return after completing it.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

CONTENT WARNING 1: I mention a suicide from a century ago. CONTENT WARNING 2: the game is rather explicit, but I've kept the imagery in this post relatively tame, at a semi-NSFW / soft-R rating. This marks its true public release, with finished graphics, gameplay, tuning, more sex, and finally an ending. L of semen for each one.

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