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Theme vs. Mechanics

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“Theme-first or mechanics-first” might be the most asked “big question” in the board game community. Theme and mechanics are inseparable parts of board games as a whole. When people talk about mechanics, they tend to mean to strategy, tactics, and rules. There is no hard-and-fast line that splits mechanics and theme.

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Parallel Experiment by Eleven Puzzles: “Put your heart into it and players will notice”

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We throw ideas around, different puzzle mechanics, narrative elements and unique interactions,” Olczyk says. We love exploring different styles of puzzles, logic, pattern recognition, environmental interactions and even experimental mechanics like cooperative dialogues.” “Playtesting is key.

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Feral Cat Den is pushing the audio-visual boundaries of games with Nirvana Noir

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Our visual style comes from our background in motion graphics,” says Evan Anthony , Co-founder and Creative Lead at Feral Cat Den. This field of visual art emphasizes abstraction and graphic design to compress storytelling into quick digestible and fun chunks.” This gave the studio a bit of an outsider perspective.

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

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We had three very different games that we spent around two weeks on each, developing them up to a point where we could playtest them with other people”, says Mason. At first glance the graphics appear simple and colorful, but there’s a lot of subtlety in the effects and use of light and dark. Even with no tutorial. seconds.

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

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We had three very different games that we spent around two weeks on each, developing them up to a point where we could playtest them with other people”, says Mason. At first glance the graphics appear simple and colorful, but there’s a lot of subtlety in the effects and use of light and dark. Even with no tutorial. seconds.

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How to Work in a Team in the Board Game Industry

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Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014. Along with handling all the business, Ben has playtested and helped develop our designs. I can’t really see so well, so art and graphic layout don’t bother me. Will is the lead designer.

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Gorilla Softworks’ debut game The Ancients aims for prehistoric realism

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While the gameplay mechanics reflect the search for historical accuracy, the team of Gorilla Softworks didn’t try to go for realism in the visual presentation. Instead they settled for stylized graphics. “We We are a team of 5 developers”, says Şakar. “We