PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. Rami Ismail Click away in seconds Working in games is a communication minefield: multidisciplinary communications, both internal and external, with the purpose of alignment or selling ideas.

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Writing Communications Point and Click Prototyping 104

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. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Protospiel conventions are based around prototype board games. Lesson #3: Match your prototype to the level of feedback you want.

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Prototyping Dev Point and Click Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Turns out, this week’s development of Highways & Byways illustrates my point pretty well.

Communications 130

Communications Point and Click Dev Art 130

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The motivation for this article is that many devs asked me to write it for a long time. I tried to contact many of the devs to ask them what the reasons were and, in most cases, they were not technical but related to the scope of the project being difficult to manage. Many games were released, but a large amount were abandoned.

Prototyping 52

Prototyping Alpha Asset Point and Click 52

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Click this picture for some backstory! This is where most of the rules have been ironed out and are acceptable enough to use during a prototype either in person or online through something like Tabletopia or Tabletop simulator. Sean: I ended up resorting to a concept of taking MMORPG concepts and placing them into this D20 world.

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Concepts Writing Games 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. The analogy is morbid, but the concept is simple. 2: I did not order a prototype prior to manufacturing from the same company that printed. As a result, very few people clicked on them.

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Point and Click Media Games Art 130