Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’ve already play-tested this game a ton. I even blind play-tested it at a game design convention. Need help on your board game? That’s a good thing!

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Dev Games Mechanics 130

AWS Games

APRIL 3, 2024

The program is now at an inflection point. To substantially scale the program over the next few years, the center has teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage generative AI and pixel streaming technology – the backbone of cloud gaming – to make Charisma easier for others to adopt and use.

AI 64

AI Pixel Technology Point and Click 64

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Last week , I shared with you games I played during my formative years, and how those games made an impact on my taste in boardgames as an adult. I wasn’t expecting to discover the impact those childhood games made on my preferences as an adult. Need help on your board game? So…game plan change!

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Games Mechanics Editing 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Kickstarter campaigns are rapidly becoming the primary means of sales for many board game creators. Even if you can’t get your game into physical stores, you can always set up shop online, whether through Amazon or through your own site. Need help on your board game? Click Products. Then click on Checkout.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Games Code Media 130

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’ve been making games for about 2 1/2 years now, and a lot of things in my life have clicked because of the ways of thinking I have adopted by making and playing games.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Games Dev Build 130

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Core: Implement AStarGrid2D class with jump-point pathfinding ( GH-62717 ). macOS: Handle accelerator and click events of the global menu items separately ( GH-65132 , GH-65242 ). Web: Re-enable Web exporter in non-dev mode ( GH-65464 ). Buildsystem: Fix compilation database generation with MSVC ( GH-65440 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Tom Francis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

each time their games are installed, past certain (high) thresholds. If Unity wanted any part of our revenue, whether percentage or per-install, we wouldn’t have used it – I had more experience in Game Maker, which takes no rev share and has a lower sub cost. I probably clicked agree on something since then.

Point and Click 145

Point and Click Engine Engineering Game Engine 145

Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. This week with Highways & Byways , I’ve been making little improvements to the game to make it more usable and easy-to-understand. Need help on your board game?

Dev 130

Dev Simulation Prototyping Games 130

Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and one of them was about how much to spend on board game advertising. Need help on your board game? Basics of Board Game Advertising.

Advertising 130

Advertising Point and Click Games Media 130

Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Game development is a marathon. It takes at least a year, at the bare minimum, to take a board game idea and turn into a ready-to-sell product. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Lots of people make games. Game design and development.

Games 130

Games Point and Click Game Developer Game Development 130

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 28, 2019

Sagrada is one of my recent favorite board games. It is fundamentally a pretty simple game, but it has a lot of really endearing qualities. It’s ultimately a puzzle game, but a very attractive one with some subtle elements that arise from it being a nearly perfect information game where players draw from the same draft pool.

Game Design 130

Game Design Game Designer Point and Click Games 130

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. This is a process I follow to ensure a game’s quality. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Dev Games Prototyping 130

Brand Game Development

JUNE 23, 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. He created all 300 of the original pieces of art in my first game, War Co. , Need help on your board game?

Game Developer 130

Game Developer Game Development Development Art 130

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Over the last couple of weeks of Behind the Scenes: Lessons from a Kickstarter Board Game Publisher , I’ve talked about some of the strange goings-on I’ve noticed in the board game industry. Today, we’re going to talk about the tabletop gaming news cycle, and why it is – frankly – just plain weird.

Media 130

Media Point and Click Games Engine 130

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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. Not games writing mind you, but copy writing – for pitches, store pages, press releases, & everything else.

Writing 104

Writing Communications Point and Click Prototyping 104

Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. In fact, I’m not even having to spend a lot of money either – I racked up a lot of points on my travel card. Need help on your board game? Vacations are important.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Dev Media Build 130

AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

Session-based multiplayer games are a popular form of online game, as they provide players with a quick, engaging experience that they can jump into at any time. However, building a scalable and reliable session-based online multiplayer game is not easy, since there are many components that need to be developed.

Build 64

Build Console Code Games 64

Brand Game Development

JULY 27, 2020

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Whether you’re just spreading the word about one game or whether you’re building a whole long-lasting business from scratch, you should consider advertising as part of a larger marketing plan.

Advertising 130

Advertising Games Point and Click Fantasy 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. Click here. 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.

Communications 130

Communications Games Point and Click Dev 130

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Today’s post is the last of my “Top 5 Games” series. If you haven’t noticed, the game Pandemic pulled a Jumanji and now we’re living it. But I decided that I would be remiss if I did not include it, as it was the first modern board game and it really reignited my love for board games. Gameplay Overview.

Co-op 130

Co-op Games Point and Click Communications 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Everything would be just right if you could just hit that goal… Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. After it, you can hope to passively sell your game and reap the rewards in the form of sales. The point is, Kickstarter is just the beginning.

Advertising 130

Advertising Build Games Point and Click 130

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 21, 2017

This is not a post about what you need to do, think, or spend to make a game, nor is it a post about board games themselves. This is a post about the players in a much bigger game: the board game industry itself. Need help on your board game? Find games like yours. Find people who follow games like yours.

Games 130

Games Point and Click Dev Media 130

Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Play-testing is so critical in board game development that I’ve dedicated several articles to the subject. ” Need help on your board game?

Balance 130

Balance Point and Click Dev Communications 130

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 19, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. The board game review process is one of the most important parts of game development. Need help on your board game? Why are board game reviews important?

Games 130

Games Media Point and Click Dev 130

Game Errors

MARCH 7, 2023

Even when you install the game, chances are you will get stuck on getting updates at some point. MW2 being stuck on the installing screen is a well-known game glitch. However, there are a few ways to play the game even though the glitch occurs. Double-click on the Network adapters. Get DriverFix 2.

Point and Click 52

Point and Click PC Internet Software 52

Game Errors

APRIL 23, 2023

If the game continuously crashes, learn what to do when MW2 crashes on your PC. It occurs due to an outage of Activision online services, problems on your home network, Windows Firewall, corrupted game files, or misconfigured network settings on your PC. Click on the Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall.

Point and Click 52

Point and Click PC Code Feature 52

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 4, 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. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

Simulation 130

Simulation Point and Click Communications Dev 130

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

GLES2 batching is enabled by default both in-game and in the editor. Since we previously did not version our Android plugin systems, this new one is now labelled v1 , and is the starting point for the modern Godot Android ecosystem. C#: Allow debugging exported games ( GH-38115 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Debug Bug 52

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. It’s about how to use subtleties to speak to your audience when you’re creating a game.

Communications 130

Communications Point and Click Dev Art 130

Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Tasty Humans is the latest, and in my opinion, the greatest creation of Pangea Games. It’s a tile-placement, puzzle-solving board game for 1-4 players about villagers attacking monsters. Except it’s from the monsters’ point of view! They were the creative force behind the game, and really, the soul of it.

Tile 130

Tile Prototyping Games Vector Graphics 130

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2020

GLES2 batching is enabled by default both in-game and in the editor. Since we previously did not version our Android plugin systems, this new one is now labelled v1 , and is the starting point for the modern Godot Android ecosystem. C#: Allow debugging exported games ( GH-38115 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Debug 52

Brand Game Development

MARCH 30, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Launching a board game on Kickstarter is an extremely nerve-wracking experience. Need help on your board game? What does all this mean for the game dev?

Dev 130

Dev Point and Click Writing Game Developer 130

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 18, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Just this last week, a lot of things finally clicked. Just this last week, a lot of things finally clicked. In order to play with us, you will need a Steam game called Tabletop Simulator.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Dev Art Racing 130

Brand Game Development

MAY 19, 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. There are a lot of software suites better suited to different games, but I use Tabletop Simulator for its versatility.

Art 100

Art Simulation Prototyping Dev 100

Brand Game Development

APRIL 6, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Never get your heart set on one game. (I Keep your day job.

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Dev Writing Fighting 130

Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Shameless plug: click here to get an email when it goes live. ).

Point and Click 130

Point and Click Dev Media Development 130

Brand Game Development

JUNE 9, 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. The “Highway” designation is my way of saying “I’m ready to play-test the game.”

Dev 130

Dev Advertising Point and Click Game Developer 130