Mechanics Prototyping Tile 
Brand Game Development
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
The core engine is what’s left when you strip a game of mechanics and obstacles. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game. Game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life. What are game mechanics?
Designer Notes
MARCH 31, 2023
So, why should I go back to make a historical, tile-based 4X game? Here are some screen’s from the game’s prototyping phase. Civ inherited this mechanic directly from Empire, a game from the 80s which had much of the same tile-based, turn-based combat as Civ but without the scope of all human history.
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Designer Notes
AUGUST 10, 2021
The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change. Generally speaking, opinions were divided over (although largely in favor of) the success of one-unit-per-tile.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that. Identify key features you need your engine to support, make some prototypes and see if Godot suits you and your game. Still, the switch didnt occur without its fair share of issues.
PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that. Identify key features you need your engine to support, make some prototypes and see if Godot suits you and your game. Still, the switch didn’t occur without its fair share of issues.
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 2, 2018
With various other developers, I’ve talked about all the different parts that go into making a board game: the core engine , the mechanics , rules , and storytelling / internal narrative. Drapple is an abstract, tile-laying gardening game. Carla: There’s making the review prototypes themselves.
Designer Notes
AUGUST 2, 2021
In the original version, one player discovered that the optimum strategy was to cover every fourth tile on the board with a city, a mind-numbingly boring strategy that was always the best choice. Namely, building an urban improvement and producing a specialist on any tile extend the city borders in all six directions.
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