Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

These titles earned – and keep – respect in the hobby gaming community. Like with all things in board game design, there is no linear path. You meander through the game design process, iterating and tweaking your work until you’re happy with it. Need help on your board game?

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Game design software does play a pivotal role in bringing the digital world to life, which allows game developers and designers to create immersive and engaging experiences. The world of game design is a captivating landscape brimming with possibilities.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Dyer often incorporates special touches to the books that set their titles apart, such as the Metal Slug book, where the collector’s edition slipcase played sound effects from the game. Football Game Development Moss conducted over a dozen in-depth interviews with football game designers for the book.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 14, 2018

If the audience shows passion and interest, continue to game design. Game Design: The process of taking a game’s specifications and turning them into a functional game with mechanics, rules, and components. Play-Testing: Playing the game and refining it until it’s fun.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

After a little Twitter-fu, I got all members of the team in my Discord to have a group chat about team dynamics in the board game industry. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation over DMs in Discord. We started designing games together. I initially reached out to Sarah, who I know through Twitter.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fifth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Rules provide directions on how to execute activities within a game.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 15, 2018

This article is the eleventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Accessibility is a big issue in board gaming. It has been lightly edited for clarity and flow.

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Keith Burgun

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, I quickly noticed that this was not your average mobile card game. And almost all of the things that make it “not your average mobile card game” are good old fashioned game design: bold, systemic decisions made surrounding the ruleset. edit): I also have to say, I really don’t like retreating.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Demand for Multiplayer Games There is a great demand for multiplayer games and it is the tech experts, creative thinkers, and game designers who have made them what they are today. Let’s elaborate on how multiplayer game design isn’t as simple as just throwing together some mechanics and calling it a day.

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Sirlin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pandante 2nd Edition and a new printing of Flash Duel are now generally available. P andante 2nd Edition The new Flash Duel These games were part of my fourth Kickstarter and the rewards have now all been delivered to backers—a MONTH ahead of schedule. One example is the "snacking" mechanic. The good news: it was solid.

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Sirlin

APRIL 26, 2019

Edit: It turns out that the last four episodes disappointed pretty much everyone. I leave this prediction post up for reference anyway —- I’m going to give my predictions for how Game of Thrones ends up. By looking at the show from a game design standpoint, I think we see how a lot of it has to end up. Bran’s power.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 8, 2018

This article is the tenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Accessibility is a big issue in board gaming. It has been lightly edited for clarity and flow.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. One of the trickiest parts of self-publishing a board game can be finding good artists.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Many games still use this approach nowadays (after all, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it) but, increasingly, game design has been moving from “individual stages” to “open” or “continuous” worlds where the boundaries between levels disappear. Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When creating a game, game app developers analyze player behavior to improve their interactive scenarios, by identifying what works and what doesn't for the players in a game. This is done to refine the game design and create a more enjoyable experience for their audience. Optimize game performance 3.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? The Forgotten Parts of Game Development Finding an Audience Parting Advice.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This game, which combines Match-3 core with merge progression originally launched globally in the second half of 2020. Just when the market was becoming overheated with the lockdowns and merge mechanics were the all-new rage among the players. T his kind of approach would be fairly outdated in the modern mobile game market.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Go through every single item and update all the settings as you like, with special attention paid to: Edit Page > Tabs and Payment. Speaking of advertising research, if you’re looking to test the market for a new game and you haven’t committed to a theme or mechanics, here is an experiment you can run.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Edited by Adam Telfer. On March 16th, in the midst of a global pandemic, Supercell dropped a new game: Hay Day Pop (HDP). It has a solid core game design, and a meta design that builds upon the successes we’ve seen in the market. The game responds quickly to input. Previously at Wooga, King, and Mind Candy.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In today’s tutorial, we take things a step further by teaching you how to use triggers and switches in order to help you create more interesting game mechanics. Triggers are powerful tools in the world of game design because you often use triggers to accomplish common game objectives. Do you love game design?

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

Instead of spending time modeling every part from scratch, creators can spend more time concentrating on the in-game mechanics and the narrative of their games when they browse the asset shop. This gives medium-sized and independent game creators more motivation to follow their game development dreams.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Likewise, states like Pennsylvania (edit: already allow real money gambling) and Michigan are moving to allow real money gaming (RMG), further squeezing the free-to-play casino audiences while also potentially creating new opportunities for social companies to expand into RMG. Feathers & Dragons Happy 2020!

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Once your game is done, GDevelop lets users publish their games to PC, Web, and Mobile platforms. GDevelop is designed for ease of use with a particular focus on beginner game designers and education. Both programs work on a number of systems and within browsers, and can publish games to PC, web, and mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The next day I queued up for my first Drop, lucking out and drawing a limited edition Tyler Herro Moment that I could immediately sell on a liquid marketplace for $1,600. I immediately understood the potential of NFT ownership and blockchain gaming. In my heart, I am a game designer. You gotta try this thing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. You can find edited highlights of each talk below, and videos of each session – just hit play to start watching.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

For example, look at the game I have in front of me now. I’ve designed this completely using no-code tools with Bolt handling the core of the game mechanics. This will have no impact on the game whatsoever, it will just help us stay organized. When you’re done, you can click on “edit graph”.

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Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I've been fascinated by board games that revolve around drafting for years now, and in early 2011 I wrote a post on the pillars that make these games click. EDIT: After playtesting this rule some more, I've changed the design to use a $5 static sell value and trade costs that only depend on the tier of the commodity being sold.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Arts The art of Cookie Run: Kingdom is core to the game’s global success.

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Mnenad

APRIL 9, 2018

Gunther Rehfeld, author of the german book “Game Design und Produktion”  from 2014, mentions the importance of shapes in his chapter about concept art.  On the third image, I tried to programed a draw mode option to directly edit the shapes in the generation process. What's next?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. When we talk about MMO, many may relegate this game category to “old-school” or “niche.” Though, all of these foibles could be found in other games as well.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Special thanks to Niek Tuerlings for the Merge Game insights. and Michail Katkoff for edits and data. As is the whole Istanbul gaming ecosystem. She was previously at King, Wooga and Mind Candy.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. This week, I want to zero in on the subject of making the perfect board game rule book. Who is Chad?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

One of the hallmarks of good board game design is being able to create hard choices. Particularly when hard choices come from simple mechanics. Sounds easy enough to do, but it’s actually really tough from the designer’s perspective! Let’s talk about how you can create hard choices in your board game.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

Perfect board game pacing is one of the most underrated aspects of board game design. Somewhere between overwhelm and ennui, there lies a middle ground where a game is perfectly paced. A great board game feels challenging and interesting throughout. Below, I have lightly edited the original work from his blog.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

.” It’ll be aimed at letting first-time game devs know what they’re getting into with self-publishing. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation over DMs in Discord. Brandon: If you please, go ahead and tell me a little about yourself and Tricorn Games. Who is Garret?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

This points to a general problem with treating sexual moods like immutable video game character classes. So in hindsight, a better game design analogy for sexual roles would've been "stances" or "buffs" that freely change and/or stack. L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player.

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