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You Are Not Alone: Common Pains for Game Devs & How to Overcome Them

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Whenever I saw a complaint from a game dev pop up on my Twitter feed, I recorded it in Excel. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Something clicked for me. In my geeky analysis of game dev Twitter gripes, I found some common threads.

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When it comes to copy writing (for press and pitches) forget the fluff and start to BLUF

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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.

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5 Lessons I Learned at a Play-Testing Convention (Protospiel Atlanta)

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario.

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How to Play a Lot of Board Games with Little Time and Little Money

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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?

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How Many Blind Play-Tests Does Your Board Game *Really* Need?

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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!

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4 Clever Ways to Market Your Board Game Online for $30.00

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Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. The subtlest of tweaks are all that’s needed at this point. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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The Final 100 Play-Tests: How to Put Final Touches on a Board Game

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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.