Brand Game Development

JANUARY 19, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. It’s no secret that board game prototypes are expensive, so you want to get the greatest authority and reach possible. Social media makes this easy. Brandon Rollins (Phone) (Email) (Web/Social Media).

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve split it into five sections for your convenience: How Ben, Sarah, and Will Got Started How Working in a Team Feels The Downsides of Teamwork Communication in a Team Advice for New Game Devs. I’m a designer, and I do development and social media outreach. This is unusual for most game devs, I think.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 2, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. In keeping with the Dev Diary tradition, I’ll be sharing an example from Highways & Byways development. Key Takeaways for Game Devs. I send that to the artist with a copy of my latest prototype.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

I cannot readily think of any print publications or other traditional media that would provide a suitable outlet for advertising products in such a niche market. That includes writing blog posts, using social media, live-streaming the game, showing up on podcasts, and so on. First, board game advertising is primarily online.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Send a prototype to a play-testing service before launching a Kickstarter. Social media ads are far cheaper than average. Social media likes are meaningless. The post 5 Ways to Vet Your Board Game Before Launching a Kickstarter appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Players share the game with their friends.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Not only does it help you demystify some of the speech you hear when you get into gaming, but it also has implications that could affect how you classify your website, categorize your Kickstarter campaign, or target an audience on social media or for advertising. appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. What are hobby board games?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. Build up one or more social media accounts on a site such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Other headers started with “Things I Did Wrong with…”: The Product Fulfillment Sales Social Media Financially With Customers & The Market Emotionally. The post Performing a Board Game Autopsy: Learning from Your Mistakes appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Charge less for shipping. Make a better looking page.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 18, 2020

Kenny runs the Pangea Games social media as well as a company called Overboard Games , which makes board games in Tabletop Simulator for various different publishers. I also create all the social media posts for Pangea Games, including the weird cheese question. This week, though, I have something special in mind. And if you need help?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. External validation rarely comes your way, especially while seeking attention on social media – which is absolutely required to build a community and get to be known by players. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Eric is a media strategist, quantitative marketer, and author who has spent his career working for transformative consumer technology and media companies. Eric is the author of the book Freemium Economics and the founder of Mobile Dev Memo , the ultimate growth blog and podcast. Prediction #3 Broadening of Media Mixes.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

The worst of these, in my opinion, is marketing and social media promotion during development and post release. People who follow indie/solo devs on social media tend to be really nice and positive, but even so it takes a lot of effort.” What’s your creative process? “I I like to get my hands dirty as early as possible.

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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. Wait, shouldn't a prototype come first? Making a prototype.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2022

My secondary hobbies are graphic design and video creation, both of which are evident based on my social media. The rapid and hotfix prototyping that Godot provides made it possible for me to learn the engine quickly and then make a VR game quickly. The first prototype of FNFVR was made in around two weeks if I remember correctly.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 2, 2020

It saves you a ton of money and time on prototyping. It takes less time to create a prototype. This is one of the most underrated marketing opportunities around for board game dev. If you plan on using Tabletop Simulator for anything other than rapid prototyping, it’s not enough to simply create a Tabletop Simulator demo.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I’ve produced a few short films with students in SCAD’s Film and Television program, and am also studying programming and UI design in hopes of broadening the scope of media I have access to. For example, we did a lot of rapid prototyping for the Highways & Byways board on our own project together.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 28, 2017

I can get them to pay for my prototyping and art!” Prototypes / Testing Costs: Of course, at some point before you run your game by reviewers, you’ll need to get a sample of it to make sure it feels good physically. prototyping for my own purposes and for reviewers was around $500. The Limits of Crowdfunding.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. There have been days where I have gotten home from work, cranked out blog posts for a few hours, scheduled social media, texted my girlfriend good night, and fallen asleep only to do that again. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. 2: I did not order a prototype prior to manufacturing from the same company that printed. Even after finding out about the hobby board game market, I still focused primarily on an untargeted social media approach.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Brandon: That’s a lot of different projects over a lot of different forms of media. If you’re a designer seeking a publisher, you will essentially need a solid prototype, a great sales sheet, and an awesome pitch. The post How to Find Artists for Your Board Game appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

I can take a lot of influence from the media that I’m consuming and transfer that into a theme. At that point, I’m getting close to a prototype. Brandon: However, in lieu of both those things for the new game devs in the world, I’d recommend using BGG’s list of mechanics as a good springboard.

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Febucci

DECEMBER 6, 2020

I took a pause from social media ( instead of doomscrolling ) and you might know why… cough cough… 2020. I’ve decided to show the game straight from the prototype phase, and I hoped to incrementally gather people’s interest after it. And it is something that stays behind the scenes for the most part, maybe until the very end.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

As a pioneer in the field, Silkin reminisces about the time when VR was essentially a prototype cluttered with wires and bulky headsets. On the one hand, they’re trying to evolve beyond being a social media platform, adapting their platform for younger users and investing heavily in VR technology.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Back in 2019 I made an unfinished prototype for a Gay Western game jam to contemplate the anniversary of influential gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain (2005). Like many game prototypes, my initial sheepherding test began as something much grander and more complicated. It's mostly "safe for work" even if the actual game is not.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret is a sharp guy and a good game dev. ” It’ll be aimed at letting first-time game devs know what they’re getting into with self-publishing. Even if you take out vacation, that’s 9 months – I feel like that’s a surprisingly long time frame to a lot of first time devs.

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