Sat.Sep 02, 2017 - Fri.Sep 08, 2017

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

Brand Game Development

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates? 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. I’m at a stage where I’m optimizing instead of iterating, which makes me thankful for the extensive background in board gaming that I’ve gained in the last cou

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Let's build great docs for 3.0! Write the Docs every week-end

Mircosoft Game Dev

Update: one month later. After 5 docs sprints, the class reference went up from 35% to 60% complete ! We run Write the Docs events every week-end on the #documentation channel on Discord. 3 steps to become a Contributor. Read the Contributor's Guide. Follow the Writer's Guidelines. Use the shared pad to tell us what you're working on. Original post.

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5 Games to Make You a Better Board Game Dev for $64.63

Brand Game Development

Getting started in board game development can be both intimidating and expensive. I’m almost certainly not the only blogger you’ve looked to for advice, and I can probably guess one thing you get told a lot: “play more games!” (Yeah, gee thanks, Sherlock.). Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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