Brand Game Development

JULY 9, 2018

For clarity and flow, I lightly edited the transcript. I currently write for Geek & Sundry, PC Gamer, and ThereWillBe.Games. r/tabletopgamedesign and /r/boardgameindustry are good for connecting with other designers and developers, getting feedback on a design, or even organizing playtests. Who is Raf? It worked great. /r/boardgames

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

You should concentrate on building up your writing portfolio and getting regular game writing work. They’re related, but the difference is this: A game writer’s primary responsibility is to promote the story that the game tells through the scripts they write. Creative writing. Technical writing.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Below, you will find an edited transcript of our video call, transcribed by Scribie. What follows has been edited for brevity and clarity. I was literally turning 26 when I somehow got the idea in mind that I needed to either write a book or invent something to help pay for business school. So I stopped writing the book.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 16, 2020

You are not forced to make any edits to your work for any reason. You do the game development and playtesting. That may sound icky, but don’t simply write off the traditional publishing route. Why Self-Publishing is Great. Conforming with genre standards is less of a priority. You can take big risks and do strange things.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation over DMs in Discord. I’ll also be writing responses for Will. Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014. I initially reached out to Sarah, who I know through Twitter.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

After three days of intensive game development and two weeks of playtesting and rating (over 3,500 ratings!), And while there was no voting criterion for the writing, the introduction and ending texts of the game are definitely worth reading! Browse the source code repository and have fun with the post-jam Enhanced Edition !

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 25, 2021

I’ve written before about the usefulness of documenting your playtesting. It contains both pragmatic advice and a primer to the mindset I want you to take into playtesting. Eventually, you’ll have to edit the rules until they help them learn. Now your game is ready for blind playtesting. Need help on your board game?

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