Brand Game Development

JANUARY 19, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Don’t just look at social media followers or subscribers, look at their status within Facebook groups and other areas too. Social media makes this easy. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 9, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. You can find them through game stores or through social media. I recommend using online software such as Tabletop Simulator. Key Takeaways for Game Devs. appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2020

Look at popular media for some examples: Blockbuster movie: Joseph Campbell’s “monomyth” story structure with some explosions and some famous actors. Virtual cons will fizzle, but Tabletop Simulator and Tabletopia will flourish. This is because your product fits the existing market – product-market fit.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Talk: Using Godot for economic simulation and agent-based modelling | Jeremiah Lasquety-Reyes. I talk about how Godot can be used for more intuitive and understandable economic models especially through combining a certain school of economics (Austrian economics) and a certain kind of simulation (agent-based modelling). Jeremiah A.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

First here’s our yearly dev collage showing off in visual form some of the progress and work since our last review, version 2022! Selection of images from the past year of Cogmind-related development as posted on this blog, forums, and social media (larger size here ). Development Time.

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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. For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 2, 2020

Many of you know that I’m in love with Tabletop Simulator as a testing tool. The 5 Benefits of Using Tabletop Simulator. I’d like to explain to you exactly how to create a demo of your board game on Tabletop Simulator, but first let’s discuss what I perceive as its five main benefits: 1.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2017

When growing your social media following, make sure you’re catering people who like games like yours. In-person is the best way to do this, but you can also use online tools such as Tabletop Simulator to sell board games to people far away from you. It works the opposite way around, too. You don’t have to be Mr. or Ms.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We used the term actively on MUD-Dev back in the day, making the distinction between simulation and “stagecraft.” MUD2 had far more simulation than MUDs did in the 90s … or any MMOs today! It famously only added any crafting because the dev team saw it in UO during beta. UO had that for simulation reasons.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

One of my games, Tasty Humans , on Tabletop Simulator. You’ll start out playing your game by yourself, simulating other players. The post A Crash Course in Board Game Development appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Game design also involves a lot of play-testing.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. For example, “the setup took a long time in Tabletop Simulator because of technical difficulties” does not tell me anything about the real tabletop game, which has tested consistently at 45-60 minutes.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Have a print-and-play or Tabletop Simulator demo ready and linked – or both! Another incredibly powerful form of marketing for Kickstarter is social media. Granted, it takes months and years to build up a social media following, but there are lots of ways you can do it. Bonus points if they are big-name reviewers.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I tested this map alone over and over on Tabletop Simulator to make sure I could not get stuck. You’re really going to enjoy it when I start posting it on social media! Click here.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 28, 2017

I suggest keeping it simple and being a sole proprietor if you’re a solo dev. Reduce research and development costs by using an inexpensive online game testing tool such as Tabletop Simulator. Instead of paying for advertising, get really good at social media and build a mailing list. For War Co.

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Grid Sage Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Roguelikes Discord Back in mid-2016 a couple of friends decided to make a new Discord server on the topic of roguelikes, and started asking relevant devs like myself to join. And we use the forums for the occasional REXPaint feature/help discussion, so yeah they have their uses even now. Discord Integration? Okay yeah that makes sense.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 13, 2018

The page follows this basic structure, which is tried and true: stretch goals, description, list of components, how to play, rewards, stretch goals again, add-ons, reviews, backstory, social media, shipping rates, and a thank you section. That brings me to the Kickstarter campaign video.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

It’s a somewhat misguided attempt to simulate real life, when the power of the metaverse lies in its ability to enhance and augment our experiences. 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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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

There may be something true to those statements which, I guess, is the reason why now devs have allowed the Hero to move once per match. As far as I’ve been able to tell, it has been universally received positively by players as well in social media.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Longtime readers may remember my white working class British masculinity simulator Hard Lads , so I'm certainly not unsympathetic to this premise. When we idolize crisp clean superflat pixel art today, it's actually a new aesthetic invented by indie game devs from the late 2000s. see: "CRT Simulation in Super Win the Game" ).

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