Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Game Design And Programming Book Bundle There is a new bundle of interest to game developers, the Game Design and Programming by Pearson Humble Bundle. This bundle contains a large collection of game development books, including several rarer books about game design, all in PDF format.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2024

The late Jaquays' decades-long tenure in games includes the Quake series, Age of Empires, and Halo Wars.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 1, 2023

Have you ever designed a game? If yes, then what game design fundamentals do you prioritize in your own designs? Game design is incredibly complex and fascinating, with countless nuances and techniques to master. In this article, we'll explore some key building blocks of game design fundamentals.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We decided to dig a little deeper into the similarities and differences between The Battle of Polytopia and chess to understand how it has proved a winning design strategy.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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Game Wisdom

APRIL 1, 2024

The Art of Interesting Choices in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this critical thought, it’s all about creating interesting choices and skills in your game, and why more numbers don’t mean more quality.…

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Game Developer

JUNE 8, 2023

If there's one aspect of the game industry that is as mysterious as game design, it is game analysis. There may be hundreds, or even thousands at this point, of magazines, sites, journalists, and YouTubers, all reviewing video games, but it takes a careful eye to analyze a game.

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Game Developer

MARCH 4, 2024

We set out to create a game that’s simple and fun to play while giving players the freedom to add whatever tweaks they’d like.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across different sectors, including gaming. Generative AI has experienced increasing usage in game design as it accelerates and streamlines different aspects of game development. But why is there a growing use of generative AI in game design?

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Juego Studio

JULY 25, 2023

Games are fun. Or to put it in this context, video games are meant to be fun. And a good game design makes sure that it stays fun throughout the entire game. When we say […] The post 7 Essential Game Design Principles – Every Game Designer Should Know appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

One of the most important steps in game development is iterative game design. It’s built on the idea that games aren’t perfect after one round of development. Let’s learn more about iterative game design and what it entails. What Is Iterative Game Design?

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Game design software does play a pivotal role in bringing the digital world to life, which allows game developers and designers to create immersive and engaging experiences. The world of game design is a captivating landscape brimming with possibilities.

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Juego Studio

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A lot goes into creating the elaborate fictional worlds of games. From conceptualizing to technicalities, game design is a complex art. Whether it is Tetris Mania or Prince of Persia- they all go through the process of game design. The post How to successfully execute the game design process?

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Juego Studio

JUNE 26, 2023

In 2009, a game designer at a Finnish mobile game development company showed some of their sketches and ideas to others. It inspired others and prompted them to pursue the designer’s idea. Thus, began a […] The post A Complete Guide of Mobile Game Design appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Game Wisdom

MAY 25, 2023

The Clash of Choices in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com One of the many balancing acts of game design is the act of creating cool, interesting, unique, abilities for the player to use, and then balancing said abilities within the scope and design of your game.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If game designers are to have any success combating toxicity, we must acknowledge that our own design choices are often the underlying systemic cause, and that it is our responsibility to change them.

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Juego Studio

JUNE 19, 2023

Game development is a diverse field that incorporates multiple disciplines. Two of them are game art and game design. As many of us are not aware of the work behind the making of games, we […] The post What is the Difference Between Game Art and Game Design?

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 13, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Humble Game Design Book + Pixel Art Course Bundles There are a pair of Humble Bundles of interest to game developers launched today on Humble, the Game Design and AI Featuring Steve Rabin bundle and the Complete Pixel Art Online Course by Mammoth Interactive bundle.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“As I travel across Africa creating games, there’s something everyone seems to agree on…” says Bethlehem Anteneh , a trained architect, co-founder of SOSTLab and the moderator of the She Got Game panel at Africa Games Week (AGW). Think of a bar where 90% of the people are men.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 29, 2021

From time to time, I see board game creators on social media who have been working on the same design day-in, day-out for years on end. The first are people making a board game as a labor of love, who know they’re taking their sweet time on it, and they’re OK with it. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 13, 2020

Certainly, board game designers can learn a lot from well-designed escape rooms. Exit Games by Kosmos are the closest we can get to the authentic in-person experience right now. Exit Games by Kosmos are the closest we can get to the authentic in-person experience right now. Need help on your board game?

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The design of Baldur's Gate 3's Auntie Ethel encounter is a stellar example of open-ended quest design.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 26, 2023

What Does it Mean to Analyze Game Design? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com If there’s one aspect of the game industry that is as mysterious as game design, it is game analysis. appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 29, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and two of them were about knowing when to pivot during a game design project. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Creating board games takes an enormous amount of time and effort. The simple fact is that there are a lot of distinct tasks that have to be handled to turn a game from an idea into reality. This is why I urge each new board game designer to share the workload , delegating tasks to a team instead of doing them all alone.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Like many new ideas, Word Slots was not the start of a process but the very end of a long series of iterations.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 9, 2020

Monopoly: it’s one of the oldest board games in the store. It’s one of the top 10 best-selling board games. It’s also a terrible board game. When board gamers need a game to mercilessly mock , they look no further than Monopoly. Need help on your board game? Monopoly has a staggeringly low 4.4

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 30, 2023

With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. AI affects game design The project’s trajectory shifted with the integration of AI tools.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2024

Game design professor Jeremy Bond shares how to prepare your students for the uncertain game industry future.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In this article, we’ll analyze two mathematical concepts: Markov chains and random walks.

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Game Development for Beginners

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The art of game design is not merely the work of idle hands; it’s a complex blend of psychology, engineering, storytelling, and mathematics. Creating a game, whether a physical board game or a digital app, requires understanding the elements that capture attention, fuel excitement, and make an experience memorable.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Escape Rooms will make you a better board game designer. With this in mind, here are six reasons I believe that Escape Rooms will make you a better board game designer.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Indie designers and artists discuss different ways to make sexuality and intimacy more common in game design.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

When I was a neophyte game developer, I found an excellent article by Wizards of the Coast, creators of Magic: the Gathering , called Ten Things Every Game Needs. This two-part article was so influential in my initial design of War Co. This two-part article was so influential in my initial design of War Co.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 14, 2019

Santorini is a fantastic board game that came out about two years ago. In its heart, it’s an abstract strategy game that could have come from antiquity. It has been given the modern board game polish, though, with adorably cutesy art of Greek gods, and an incredibly photogenic set of stackable plastic components.

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Cloudy Heaven Games

MARCH 30, 2024

This coming Monday (April 1, 2024), I will be starting a new series of game jams, to help myself and other developers practice game design and development skills. A game jam is an event in … Continue reading → The post Practice Game Development by Entering Game Jams appeared first on Cloudy Heaven Games.

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