Brand Game Development

MAY 19, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. prior to and during its Kickstarter campaign, but it is also my favorite rapid prototyping tool.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Turns out, this week’s development of Highways & Byways illustrates my point pretty well.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Don’t believe a dev who says “I’ve never wanted to flip the table because of some useless play-testing feedback.” Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’ll be flying to Hawaii using my long-since saved up travel points and SkyMiles. I’ve also paid out the nose for prototype copies. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

A lot of people obsess over CPC (cost per click) or impressions (number of ad views). What’s important about all the metrics above is that you want to watch the amount of revenue your ads are bringing in, not necessarily the cost per click. If your cost-per-click is $1.00 ” Metrics for Ad Spending.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. 2: I did not order a prototype prior to manufacturing from the same company that printed. This is actually separate from the previous point. As a result, very few people clicked on them.

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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.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 19, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. It’s no secret that board game prototypes are expensive, so you want to get the greatest authority and reach possible. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Click this picture for some backstory! This is where most of the rules have been ironed out and are acceptable enough to use during a prototype either in person or online through something like Tabletopia or Tabletop simulator. I ended up implementing a light action point system to increase number of player choices.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Eric is the author of the book Freemium Economics and the founder of Mobile Dev Memo , the ultimate growth blog and podcast. These points are informed by my research into the topic and conversations I’ve had with platform operators and gaming and ad tech executives: When will ATT be made mandatory? Signup for the newsletter.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 15, 2017

Whenever I saw a complaint from a game dev pop up on my Twitter feed, I recorded it in Excel. Something clicked for me. In my geeky analysis of game dev Twitter gripes, I found some common threads. Repeat yourself as appropriate and ask your audience if there are any points that need to be clarified.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Except it’s from the monsters’ point of view! You can read more about that by clicking on any of these articles. Another minor issue that we resolved shortly after receiving our first Tasty Humans prototype was ink oversaturation on the box and the rules. What goes into printing a board game? What did we do well?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The motivation for this article is that many devs asked me to write it for a long time. I tried to contact many of the devs to ask them what the reasons were and, in most cases, they were not technical but related to the scope of the project being difficult to manage. Many games were released, but a large amount were abandoned.

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