Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Death is usually (a) game over, (b) rare, or (c) strongly penalized. This is where sports have solved a major game design problem: in most sports, defeated players do not die. We need bolder sports games. This is the premise of "A Sportslike Manifesto" , our new game design manifesto motivating the design for Tryhard.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same. In this blog, we will discuss the difference between game art vs game design and how each plays a unique role in game development. Who is a Game Designer?

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Protospiel conventions are based around prototype board games. Some people attend as designers and some people attend as play-testers.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

In game development, one of the most essential aspects is prototyping. In today’s world, game development is an art, and quite inarguably, it is one of the most complex and intricate art forms. In this article, you’ll learn some significant and exciting things about the development of game prototypes.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

However, getting a competitive edge in the industry requires creativity and that’s where rapid game prototyping comes in. It gives game producers the environment to conduct experiments and take chances. This in turn makes developers embrace experimentation thereby pushing the limits of game development.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

Since childhood, Nicot always had a fascination with video games, but when it was time to pick a career, game designer wasn’t on the radar. He went into transportation management, but game development never really left his mind. The Sanctua game design document was 95% complete before I started coding.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Play-test with game designers. Let’s say you’ve made light games.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 10, 2024

Before Smoking Gun, there was a prototype game called Demon, where GPT played the role of an evil spirit, and the player had to find hidden information and banish the spirit through conversation. This game did not succeed, but I learned two things,” says Han. Answers to other information come from GPT’s intelligence.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

Prototype is ready! But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). Master in Integrative Design. As you might know, and I repeatedly keep saying, this game forms the practical part of my Master thesis.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

One of the most important steps in game development is iterative game design. It’s built on the idea that games aren’t perfect after one round of development. Let’s learn more about iterative game design and what it entails. Let’s learn more about iterative game design and what it entails.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

. “My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.” Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A community manager and new game designer. A game filled with cute armoured babies on a brave mission to save their daycare from a goblin invasion. African Game Dev Prototype Fund They say the best leaders lead by example. This knowledge helps me create architectural designs in games.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 12, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the last of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Ordering Print-on-Demand Samples for Prototyping.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 14, 2018

Failure can involve missed deadlines, lost clients, scrapped prototypes, controversial public statements, or no-show events. If the audience shows passion and interest, continue to game design. Play-Testing: Playing the game and refining it until it’s fun. If not, scrap or refine your ideas.

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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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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

You always need a core team to get a project off the ground - engineering who can put together the foundations of the game, design that can prototype and build core gameplay, art that can establish a new visual standard for a new game. There's also the factor of how projects have different needs at different times.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Sarah: It was summer of 2012 that Will had the idea to make a board game for my birthday, but didn’t know how to go about it. We started designing games together. Early in 2013, our local game store owner mentioned that there were other designers in the area. How do you overcome those?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2023

The developers of Fireplace Games made an early prototype of the game while still in school, but are now well on their way to release it as a full-fledged game. prototype started gaining traction with nominations, awards and people posting YouTube videos. We feel like En Garde!’s

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 11, 2018

I’m a solo game designer/developer of strategy games on both analog and digital platforms! I’m currently working on releasing my first game, State of Wonder , as well three other projects on the side. I met many of my local testers at Wiscon – many of whom backed the game on Kickstarter.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Game Design and Development Process Let’s quickly walk through what it takes to develop a game from scratch. Each game project has 3 distinct stages- pre-production, production, and post-production. Research: Research is important to the game design process. The following steps are involved: 1. Production 1.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Dreamteck Splines is designed to feel like a native part of Unity, leveraging familiar tools and interfaces. It is both designer and programmer-friendly allowing for quick prototyping and implementing of unique behaviors. Feel by More Mountains. Tiny Dragon by Suriyun. Tiny dragons models.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Early Game Design: If you’ve got tons of game designers and you work in shifts where 2-3 designers are working on a game 24/7, this will take several days. You can’t have much more than 6-9 people working on game design or else communication will get really weird, really fast.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I even blind play-tested it at a game design convention. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. “How many blind play-tests does your board game really need? The post How Many Blind Play-Tests Does Your Board Game *Really* Need?

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fifteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Commissioning art can be one of the most daunting parts of the game development process. Ask questions.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2024

Team of Architects Svetlow mentions that the most challenging part of development was figuring out how the game should work from a game design perspective. “No No one on the team had ever made a game in this genre before. Many had not made any games at all! We really are an indie studio in the classical sense.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 22, 2021

Many of you who read this blog know that I am self-publishing board game designer who uses Kickstarter as my platform of choice for funding the bulk of my projects. Certainly no surprise if you’ve read some of my articles like A Crash Course on Kickstarter for Board Games. Alternative 1: Go through a Publisher.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. Outside of game design, there's a growing tide against "design thinking" style methods, see "Design thinking was supposed to fix the world.

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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? Carla: There’s making the review prototypes themselves.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There are a lot of moving parts that go into making board games. Game Design. All games start with ideas. A designer usually starts with the simplest possible prototype – often either pen and paper or on an online testing tool such as Tabletop Simulator. It’s also what makes a game design sell-able.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Don’t be afraid to learn and change your game design.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder. “I

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? I studied Game Design at UAT in Tempe, AZ and graduated with honors in 2009.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This sense of putting a player's abilities to use against a difficult situation in a game (challenge), and rewarding their potential for every challenge they overcome and every progress they make in the game (achievement), makes a player want to play. What is Level Design?

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder. “I

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Building hyper-casual games is a great way to get into game development. With their short cycles and simple gameplay, crafting a hyper-casual title means you can learn important skills across game design and monetisation, which you’ll need for success in the mobile games industry.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Game Design Game Production, General Prototypes Manufacturing General Marketing Target Market Outreach Kickstarter: Campaign (if you do a Kickstarter) Kickstarter: Fulfillment (if you do a Kickstarter) Sales Emotions Money Legal. To get you started, here are some section suggestions.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

I wouldn’t feel comfortable working on a game if I had to just follow someone else’s ideas. I also like not having to convince other people, especially management, about a game design decision or artistic choice. Solo developed games have much more room to be experimental and weird, and I love that.

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