Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Only after your game is functional and has a few mechanics and rules do I recommend bringing in play-testers. This is what you can expect before you reach that point.

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Point and Click Mechanics Games Art 130

Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold.

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Dev Concepts Demo Texture 52

Awesome Tuts

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The concepts are the same, just the syntax is slightly different. This means that there are different types of variables such as whole numbers, decimal point numbers, strings, and booleans. Integers are whole numbers meaning they can’t have decimal points in their value. This is how we declare it: double Mana = 2.4;

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Engine Engineering Point and Click Code 144

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Click this picture for some backstory! Game rules are how we regulate the mechanics of our games so that they are consistent with the messages we want to send to players. Short-term mechanic testing. Let’s start with a simple mechanic such as dealing damage. They explain, limit, and clarify. Private testing.

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Mechanics Concepts Writing Games 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 19, 2020

ALSO earn the most points by the end of the game. The cards are projects, which act as event cards you can play to get points and try to terraform Mars. Maybe this is standard for engine-building games, but it was a new concept to me. (It’s At that point, the “Production Phase” begins. Ok, enough chit chat.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Games Concepts Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’m also very skeptical about the return on investment that game devs can expect from a typical con. They look for mechanics and general play-ability. Lesson #1: Reciprocity is key.

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Prototyping Dev Point and Click Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. The basic idea of the core engine is “what’s left when you strip a game of mechanics and obstacles. The game’s mechanics center around that. ” The Emotions.

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Game Developer Game Development Development Mechanics 130