Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Kevin J Bray (Game Engineer) , another professional with years of entrepreneurship experience (CEO at now defunct Byte Canvas; Executive Director at Tonk Tonk Games), who previously was a developer and lead engineer at League of Legends (about the same time as Maya). I won’t forgive you for that, Supercell!)

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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? Where in an MMORPG world, that concept is very straightforward.

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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? Game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life.

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Tom Francis

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The pawn is a shitshow of clumsy balance changes. OK, so as far as I can tell, the pawn has always been fiddly all the way back to chaturanga, the game chess comes from. It wasn’t until I tried to program this in my own chess game that I realised this is already three special cases, for the least exciting unit in the game.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t strive for balance, but maintaining balance has always been important to me for Cogmind, since it fits better with my vision for this type of game, heavy on tough, complex, and consequential decision-making at multiple strategic and tactical levels. Alien Artifacts. Exiles Prototypes.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“I loved the concepts, the design. The principles and design tenets he acquired in architecture seamlessly blended into his game design. ” He subtly points to the age-old debate about work-life balance and the perceived differences between American and European professional cultures.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Between 7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing and The Art of the Play Test: Designing Tests and Keeping Records , you might think that’s all I’ve got on my mind.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The above samples show encounters added to a variety of Garrison layouts, highlighted with a dev visualization overlay. RIF Installers were already a prefab to begin with, one which (without precedent anywhere else in the game) were actually inserted via a separate hard-coded method, so let’s add it as an encounter instead.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. It would feel terrible.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In a game setting, though, this can be quite an annoyance from a design perspective (harder to balance!) and is likely to either become a player crutch or lead to tedious optimal play (a topic I covered in my game design philosophy article ). More freedom for the player, less control for the dev.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Because the dialogue happens at the same time as the walking, I felt I had to keep the other game systems relatively simple too or else it would feel overwhelming. Balancing the weight of each system was difficult. Like many game prototypes, my initial sheepherding test began as something much grander and more complicated.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. This week, I want to zero in on the subject of making the perfect board game rule book.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

AI in Art: Balancing Creativity and Ethics In the realm of digital art, AI technology is stirring up a mix of excitement and controversy. Artists, game developers, and big companies alike are grappling with the implications of AI-generated art, raising questions about consent, copyright, and the value of creativity.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

One of the hallmarks of good board game design is being able to create hard choices. Sounds easy enough to do, but it’s actually really tough from the designer’s perspective! Let’s talk about how you can create hard choices in your board game. The design process really started with the puzzle.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

For balance purposes, I limit the number of voyeurs in the maze, otherwise it can enter a deadlock where there's only voyeurs but no one for them to watch. This points to a general problem with treating sexual moods like immutable video game character classes. Voyeurs work differently, they have sex by watching a couple have sex.

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