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3 Signs It’s Time to Quit Working a Board Game Design Idea

Brand Game Development

From time to time, I see board game creators on social media who have been working on the same design day-in, day-out for years on end. The first are people making a board game as a labor of love, who know they’re taking their sweet time on it, and they’re OK with it. And the second camp?

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4 Lessons from Sagrada for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

This game came out in 2017 and the creators knew that in order to succeed on social media, it had to make people stop and click. There was a while on Instagram where you couldn’t go 10 pictures on a board gamer’s Instagram feed without running into this game. Take note, aspiring game designers!

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4 Lessons from Dinosaur Island for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

With a distinctive art style, you will stand out on social media. Sure, the neon and pastel colors make you think the game was made somewhere between the end of the Reagan administration and the pilot episode of Friends. In fact, Dinosaur Island has a distinctly modern art style calculated for the social media age.

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Game Design Deep Dive: Low Brain Power

DameDev.tv

We hope this Devology Livecast helps you understand how to make games that require low brain power and keeps players anxiety levels low. Check us out on social media [link] [link] [link] Remember, we host live develogy livecasts every Tuesday at 10pm BST on our YouTube channel. Until next time, happy dev'ing!

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Favorite Game Dev Blogs?

Grumpy Gamer

In my relentless pursuit of ditching shithole social media and re-powering my RSS feeds, last week I asked for readers favorite Programming Blogs, this week I'd like to ask for favorite Game Dev blogs. game design aspect of the month. Zen of Design. Zen of Design. INTELLIGENT ARTIFICE. Lost Garden.

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12 Simple Ways To Get Better At Game Development

DameDev.tv

Laurie (Avocado Fire) joins Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* to discuss these 12 simple ways to get better at game development, from playing more games, showing your games to your friends and joining game jams. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's

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Cult Of The Lamb With Yasmin Curren

DameDev.tv

She’s an enthusiastic storyteller, game designer and content creator. In her own words, she is “a media magician of creative concoctions!” He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's Until next time, happy dev'ing!

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