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How to Work in a Team in the Board Game Industry

Brand Game Development

I’ve split it into five sections for your convenience: How Ben, Sarah, and Will Got Started How Working in a Team Feels The Downsides of Teamwork Communication in a Team Advice for New Game Devs. 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.

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How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

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? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Jesse: Where to begin?

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How To Play-Test the Rules of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

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? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Public blind play tests. Sean: Sure!

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How to Play-Test the Mechanics of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fourth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. How do you test game mechanics?

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How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

So this is this tough balance between being really super fast and building something really small and iterative and getting data soon and deciding what to do. They get to a prototype level. Then there's just no way in the world you can be fast and not having that strategy communicated. But even then, it's really interesting.

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