Sirlin

APRIL 12, 2020

For the last few years, I’ve thought about my tabletop games Puzzle Strike and Yomi. I have not been thinking about new editions of those games, but rather entirely new games that are inspired by those games. The status right now is that my patrons on Patreon have access to all of the new Puzzle Strike-inspired game’s materials.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Editing Playtesting Games 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

After three days of intensive game development and two weeks of playtesting and rating (over 3,500 ratings!), This cute and well-designed pixel art puzzle game snatched the 1 st position in the Gameplay and Graphics and Sound categories, and 2 nd position in the Theme interpretation category ( Overall rating: 4.088). Fire and Fondness.

Playtesting 52

Playtesting Writing Animation Animation 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

You can find edited highlights of each talk below, and videos of each session – just hit play to start watching. Running through the market by genre, Kress noted that King has done quite well, but other genres had suffered badly, with strategy, RPG, match puzzle, and casino games all down double digits.

Games 59

Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

Lancelot's Hangover: After beta testing, what do you do if you realize a series of puzzles doesn't work. Do you cut off the whole series of the puzzles (meaning wasting time/art/effort)? Do you try to make those puzzles easier by giving more explicit hints through dialogs and hotspot/object descriptions?

Puzzle 130

Puzzle Point and Click Playtesting Art 130

Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

Lancelot’s Hangover: After beta testing, what do you do if you realize a series of puzzles doesn’t work. Do you cut off the whole series of the puzzles (meaning wasting time/art/effort)? Do you try to make those puzzles easier by giving more explicit hints through dialogs and hotspot/object descriptions?

Puzzle 130

Puzzle Point and Click Playtesting Art 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

Below, I have lightly edited the original work from his blog and – in some cases – replaced images with ones from the production copy of Tasty Humans. In my Tasty Humans Designer Diary posts so far, I have focused on the puzzle aspect of the game. The design process really started with the puzzle. Need help on your board game?

Tile 130

Tile Mechanics Games Puzzle 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

Below, I have lightly edited the original work from his blog. In playtesting, the time between turns has rarely been an issue. In a game like Tasty Humans, each player is primarily lost in their own world of puzzle-solving. His unedited original post can be found here. Need help on your board game? The Race to the Finish.

Tile 130

Tile Games Playtesting Balance 130