Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Not long after that I started working on a game (then called City Draft) that would be strongly inspired by a few key influences: 7 Wonders for the mechanics and structure, Carcassonne for the idea of placing tiles in a grid, and SimCity for the theme. Science is purely all or nothing.

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Build Tile Point and Click Games 40

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation via Facebook Messenger. Drapple is an abstract, tile-laying gardening game. Observance is a game of stargazing, engine building, and time management. I also try to go to as many conventions as I can and playtest as much as possible.

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Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

After all, he created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! Below, I have lightly edited the original work from his blog. There is also an escalation in strategy as the players fill up their boards by acquiring more and more Leader tiles. Leader Tiles & Board Game Pacing.

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Tile Games Playtesting Balance 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! Below, I have lightly edited the original work from his blog and – in some cases – replaced images with ones from the production copy of Tasty Humans. Damage tiles take up room where you could have been scoring points.

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Tile Mechanics Games Puzzle 130

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A broughlike is a variation on a roguelike named after designer Michael Brough , who has spoken before on his design patterns like square tiles, orthogonal movement, turn parity, glitching, limited info, simple maze designs, minimal resources. Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud?

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Code Educational Education Prototyping 52