Ask a Game Dev

MAY 26, 2023

This builds anticipation - leveling up should be something that the player looks forward to doing, and that isn’t possible if leveling up doesn’t actually do anything. Earning a level should be a fairly uncommon experience - players need time for the anticipation of the next level to build or it won’t feel meaningful.

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Build Playtesting Dev Fighting 52

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 15, 2023

At one point I helped King open their Berlin office, interviewing potential members of their initial dev team. Are they building the backend themselves, or using a BaaS? During the following Playtesting session, the game designer is unimpressed with the current state, mentioning missing features. How secure is their solution?

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Studios Engine Engineering Communications 104

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Beta 11 is finally tackling this project, and we’ve already seen it manifested across propulsion , weapon mechanics , storage units , fabrication and more, but the comprehensive item-by-item review has only come to pass as part of the conclusion to this dev cycle. Categorical Approach.

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Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I considered a lot of options here, going as far as thinking of building a new generator from scratch (one that would make encounters much easier to implement), but I liked the established and consistent core theme of existing Garrisons and didn’t want to mess with that. Garrison encounter distribution samples, color-coded by category.

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Beta Content Balance Mechanics 52

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a general concept teleportation technology exists in quite a few varieties throughout the world of Cogmind, though the player only has access to some of them. In fact I have two new concepts for teleportation tech, which is kinda funny because of how they evolved out of the same idea.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret is a sharp guy and a good game dev. ” It’ll be aimed at letting first-time game devs know what they’re getting into with self-publishing. It was designed around the concept of creating a version of a simple game that kids were already familiar with, that also incorporates physical activity as part of the game.

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Prototyping Games Playtesting Dev 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! This concept would end up remaining true into the final design. At this point, I have playtested Tasty Humans over fifty times. 4) appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Final Thoughts.

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Tile Mechanics Games Puzzle 130

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud? If you chain together multiple adjacent partners at the same time, you build up a combo multiplier -- the 1st climax is worth 1 L of semen, but the 4th consecutive climax is worth 4 L. Building up huge group sessions is the key to completing later levels.

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Code Educational Education Prototyping 52