Concepts Development Game Design Tile 
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 4, 2023
We talked about the emerging Tile Match subgenre in a previous article and also deconstructed its first success story with Zen Match in another. Being located in Istanbul just like the original developer of Zen Match , Spyke Games must have been inspired by their success story. Thus, Tile Busters was born.
Designer Notes
AUGUST 10, 2021
The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change.
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Brand Game Development
JULY 15, 2019
One of the hallmarks of good board game design is being able to create hard choices. Sounds easy enough to do, but it’s actually really tough from the designer’s perspective! Let’s talk about how you can create hard choices in your board game. Need help on your board game?
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? The placement of tiles is part of the core engine.
Grid Sage Games
JANUARY 1, 2024
This marks the beginning of what will be the most significant undertaking in Cogmind’s UI development history: making everything bigger. We didn’t yet know what reasonable limits to put on such a feature, as in what’s the absolute furthest it could go without compromising other parts of the game design.
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? Jesse and I will explain further. Jesse: Where to begin?
Tom Francis
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
OK, so as far as I can tell, the pawn has always been fiddly all the way back to chaturanga, the game chess comes from. Unlike every other piece, it can move to some tiles only if they’re empty, and to others only if they’re occupied, and only if by an enemy. Stalemate is a wildly stupid concept.
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