Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Games, at their core, might just be a series of mechanics and rules, but themes keep us from feeling like we’re playing out the logical conclusion of mathematical functions. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 4, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

This is where board game design often becomes very tricky. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With this in mind, let’s talk about how exactly you can make board game rules. 14 Rules for Board Game Rules.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 14, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I talk a lot about the business side of board game creation. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Art Dev Mechanics Game Developer 130

Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. In fact, I’ve been thinking this week that in the absence of major game development or logistics challenges, this will be the defining challenge of this Kickstarter campaign. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 16, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I played two games with my parents.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

When it comes to games, there are a handful of truths that are very important to realize. Communication is key. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Games tell stories – whether they mean to or not. That’s a mechanic.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 8, 2017

A couple of weeks ago, I had the absolute pleasure of playing 5-Minute Dungeon at the friendly local gaming store for the first time. This game got us rowdier than ever before and it was awesome! Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

Mechanics 130

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

Over the years the team grew to an international and fully remote team of 9 developers that released Mordhau, the studio’s first title, in 2019. “The indie game developer scene in Slovenia is growing, but is still relatively small.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Welcome, beautiful creatures! link] Concept Art.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Indeed, with Tasty Humans , both the game development and the marketing processes were radically different than they used to be, and this ultimately paid off. It’s not enough to simply make a good game, though.

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Art Games Tile Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This is true for board games, too. The naive designer may lament that board gamers are only looking at the surface, not seeing the mechanics or the potential for incredible gameplay. Source ).

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve talked about the benefits and challenges of working alone in the board game industry. Yet I’m a bit of an odd beast in the board game development world since most people prefer to work in teams. Need help on your board game? This is unusual for most game devs, I think.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 6, 2018

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. A lot of board game developers don’t treat their projects like businesses, though, and that’s a dangerous thing to do. If you make a game, you’re making intellectual property.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. A lot of studios spend years making a bad version of a good idea – until they go and figure things out.

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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? What are game mechanics? Who is Jesse Bergman?

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Games Game Design Game Designer 130

Brand Game Development

MARCH 25, 2019

What does board gaming look like in this brave new world 10 years into the future? Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. What do you think board gaming will look like in 10 years? And for that matter, what happened to Kickstarter?

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Games Puzzle Communications Media 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

If you’re curious, the other four games in the series are: Marrying Mr. Darcy Terraforming Mars Exit: The Game Five Crowns. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Co-operative games aren’t for everyone (“but how do I win??” -My

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 19, 2018

Welcome to the third unit of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game. First came Game Development 101 and then came Designing & Developing Your Game. That’s why I’m especially excited to introduce you to unit 3: Marketing & Promoting Your Game. Marketing is a tricky beast.

Games 130

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. 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? This guide comes in three parts: How do you test game mechanics?

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Games Balance Development 130

Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Much like my old staple How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev , I’ll be covering everything you need to know to get started on Facebook as a board game developer.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 7, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Much like last week , I’m finding myself with downtime in the development of Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? Board games have few ways to communicate with players.

Communications 130

Communications Games Mechanics Point and Click 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the first of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? How do I come up with an idea for the core engine for my game?

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Atmosphere, when done right, can turn the bundle of programming, art, and sound that we call a video game into something so much more than the sum of its parts. Though it is easily overlooked, especially for newer devs focused more on the nitty-gritty of game development, the atmosphere is a crucial component for any successful release.

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Games Mechanics Fantasy Art 136

Brand Game Development

JUNE 5, 2017

Prior to becoming a game developer, I was an art thief. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This works and it would still be the same game. The core engine wouldn’t change, nor would the mechanics or rules.

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Point and Click Games Art Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the second of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? You’re not even testing for unexpected strategies.

Engine 130

Engine Engineering Communications Games 130

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 7, 2017

Board game development is incredibly iterative by nature. As a neophyte developer, you may go into a project with a clear idea of what your game is going to be like only to find that your ideas don’t work at all and that your failures have opened a whole new path for you. Need help on your board game?

Art 130

Art Mechanics Game Developer Game Development 130

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 15, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the eleventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Accessibility is a big issue in board gaming.

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Development Communications Games Game Design 130

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? Short-term mechanic testing. Private testing.

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Concepts Writing Games 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It took us almost 4 hours to complete and was absolutely a great opportunity for communication for an engaged couple. Seriously though, we have bought so many more of the games and they have been an absolute God-Send during the pandemic. Need help on your board game? Exit: The Game (And I don’t just mean exiting my house).

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Games Art Mechanics Puzzle 130

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the seventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? That’s what we’re talking about today.

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Art Games Puzzle 130

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fifth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Mechanics are how you bring the basic ideas to life.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Games Mechanics Writing 130

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Some of this goes back to the process of creating your game, getting it manufactured, and raising funds. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I’ve mentioned the AIDA model before in How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the eighth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? That’s what we’re talking about today.

Art 130

Art Mechanics Games Game Developer 130

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Your game cannot be broken.

Point and Click 100

Point and Click Art Games Communications 100

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Games are more than just what’s in the box. Who is Carla?

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