PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The quirky graphical style of Rebots adds much to the overall mood of the game. We’ve gotten much better at the practical stuff of making things, prototyping, implementing and polishing,” Porkoláb notes. We entered Steam Festivals, ran regular playtests and used social media.”

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Playtesting Prototyping Development First person 265

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

” Once a concept is chosen, it goes through a prototyping phase where function takes priority over form. We make simple sketches and truly ugly placeholder graphics. “Playtesting is key. “At this stage, we dont care about visuals at all. Seriously, they look like something a toddler would draw!

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Puzzle Mechanics Communications Studios 138

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Every iteration of each game has to be created somehow and there are A LOT of iterations – usually a new one after each playtest, especially in the beginning. I sometimes use blank cards or write on prototypes if I need to iterate quickly, but that typically only happens at conventions. Carla: I also do a lot of interviews!

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Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping 130

Sirlin

MARCH 18, 2015

Playtesting showed that this worked just fine. I wanted it to be simple to match the graphic design style of the rest of Pandante, so the first thing that came to mind was a Panda on one side and the bamboo logo with the game name and company name on the back. So then started the long task of actually making a metal coin.

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Texture Graphics Render Playtesting 52

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

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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Prototyping Games Playtesting Game Design 130

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We 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. They’d begin the minigame, which starts the reel spinning.

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Playtesting Prototyping Games Mechanics 104

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We 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. They’d begin the minigame, which starts the reel spinning.

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Playtesting Prototyping Mechanics Games 104