Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. Honestly the concept doesn't make much sense to me, but anyway they pause everything to prepare for Amnesia Fortnight.

Art 147

Art Concepts Dev Studios 147

Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement?

Mechanics 65

Mechanics Games Playtesting Concepts 65

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

” does not give them same context as “In playtests we found that a turn-based paradigm fits the prototype best, which answers questions raised about the prototype’s gameplay last week.” For any e-mail relating to sales, pitching, or decision-making, try using the concepts of BLUF.

Writing 104

Writing Communications Point and Click Prototyping 104

PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

All this before there’s ever any playtesting done. It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype. I realized I missed this aspect a lot.

Dev 104

Dev Puzzle Prototyping Development 104

iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s a quick overview of the entire process of developing multiplayer games, from pre-production to post-release: Concept and Design  Like any other game, the journey of building a multiplayer game starts by creating the game concept. Through prototyping, you can identify possible issues early.

Game Development 52

Game Development Game Developer Development Quality Assurance 52

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Before doing a full item-by-item review, I started with two special categories of unique build-defining items: aliens artifacts and Exiles prototypes. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. As an example, by far the most sought after prototype was Lightpack 2.0, Categorical Approach. Fine tuning.

Balance 52

Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Sirlin

JULY 22, 2015

Yomi Card Game I took many of the concepts and dynamics that go on in fighting games and put them into a card game form Yomi ( Steam / iOS / tabletop ). We could certainly add more to our controls scheme if we need to, but so far it's gone over fantastically in playtesting exactly how it is.)

Fighting 52

Fighting Fantasy Games PC 52

Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

We’ve only playtested it about 5-6 times – each time it was a blast , despite the balance being all wonked up – so I don’t want to get too deep into the details right now. work, is that life is too short to spend months or years trying to get a game concept working. I’m really excited! The Value of Cards.

Mechanics 52

Mechanics Game Design Game Designer Playtesting 52

Tom Francis

AUGUST 20, 2019

This is just a quick prototype, it has lots room for improvement. A lot of people have trouble understanding this concept or just don’t like it. In my playtests this version feels like it gives you a lot more to think about, and more control over your success, which is why I’m ok with allowing a hard failure state.

Games 52

Games Playtesting Prototyping Concepts 52

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Concepts like seasonal content, the introduction of event-based currencies, VIP stores are only a few examples of common practices in China in the mid to late 2000s, way before any western game started to adopt them. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

Content 52

Content FPS Mobile Mobile 52

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. Originally this was prototyped as "Saugzwang" and I made it for the 7 Day Broughlike Jam back in 2019. This marks its true public release, with finished graphics, gameplay, tuning, more sex, and finally an ending. L of semen for each one.

Code 100

Code Education Educational Prototyping 100

Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

It was designed around the concept of creating a version of a simple game that kids were already familiar with, that also incorporates physical activity as part of the game. Although it took us 10 months to go from concept to delivery, it could have been done faster – but we were in no hurry to rush it out.

Prototyping 130

Prototyping Games Dev Playtesting 130