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.
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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PreMortem.Games
MAY 19, 2023
The idea for New Heights emerged as a personal prototype, driven by the desire to create a game focused on exploration rather than violence. To strike a balance, the team aimed to automate as much of the body movements as possible while retaining the meaningful choices that players make while climbing.
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
All this before there’s ever any playtesting done. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype. And generally I maintained a pretty healthy work life balance for the most part of it. “Having full control over the entire project and its creative direction counts as a pitfall too.
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. You help balance out each others’ weaknesses. Will was also lead story writer for Tower.
Radiator Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. They still need to balance this pre-production with finishing the studio's other projects too. What's the balance?
Keith Burgun
JANUARY 4, 2023
We’ve only playtested it about 5-6 times – each time it was a blast , despite the balance being all wonked up – so I don’t want to get too deep into the details right now. That later evolved into… something that really isn’t like anything else I’ve seen. I’m really excited!
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