Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lesson 1: Game Designer vs Game Programmer Summary In this video, we’re breaking down the jobs of game designers and game programmers, showing you how sometimes, they wear each other’s hats, especially in small teams. Now in a game development team, there are lots of other roles as well.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 3, 2017

Welcome to the inaugural post of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game. In it, I’ll be guiding you through every step of the process of creating board games: core concepts, ideas, design, development, manufacturing, crowdfunding through sites like Kickstarter, selling, and marketing.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 18, 2020

As the coronavirus lockdown continues, a lot of people are having a hard time getting their board game fix. The ability to play board games online, however, has never been easier. That’s because it’s easy to make board games in Tabletop Simulator, an inexpensive board game simulation tool available on the Steam store.

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You can also check out Reece’s pixel art game Monster Tribe on Steam. Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's

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Tom Francis

MARCH 11, 2017

I released Morphblade last week, which is a game I made in direct response to Michael Brough’s Imbroglio. They’re both games where you move around a grid of different tile types, and the one you’re standing on determines what you can do there. Not: “The game has these flaws, I will fix them!”

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Azul has taken the board game world by storm. Like Sagrada , it’s a gorgeous and approachable puzzle game with emergent complexity that becomes ever more apparent with more plays. It’s also, somehow, always trending on social media and Board Game Geek. Need help on your board game?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Currently in charge of systems design at Trailmix. 2020 was a very good year for mobile games.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

Pattern building board games are really popular among the hobby board gaming crowd. Board Game Geek cites Azul , Sagrada , A Feast for Odin , and Quadropolis as pattern building board games. These titles earned – and keep – respect in the hobby gaming community. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the first of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? How do I turn the idea into a working game engine?

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? What are game mechanics? Who is Jesse Bergman?

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The following is an excerpt from the Designer Notes for Old World. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. The change was intended not to make the role of combat different in the game but to make it more interesting.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 3, 2020

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fourteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? mm x 228.6mm) with 48 tiles 48: circular,5” x.5”

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 15, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the eleventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Accessibility is a big issue in board gaming.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Games are more than just what’s in the box.

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Tom Francis

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

So what I’m interested in is: what needs fixing to make it a game I enjoy? The parts of the game’s strategy that sound interesting only really kick in if both players are at roughly the same move-crunching ability tier. The early game is slow and boring. And if you did that, who else might enjoy it?

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 17, 2019

In many ways, the modern board gaming boom began with Catan. It is a phenomenal game that, when it came out in 1995, revolutionized the way we saw board games. on Board Game Geek. But board games have been around since Mesopotamia , so let’s talk about the top 10 old board games. Dune (1979).

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 20, 2022

I mean, part of why I can’t believe that is that for almost a full year after the launch, I was furiously updating the game: two new factions, a new game mode (arguably two), a map editor, tons and tons of balance changes, polishing, bugfixes, you name it. Not to mention porting the game to iOS, Android, Switch, and XBox.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Auto-tiling in tile maps. The new 3D renderer is state-of-the-art, with features rarely see in game engines today, such as: Full principled BSDF. is the ability to export games coded in C#, as such it's not fully usable in production yet. Bullet Physics backend. New networked multiplayer API. Rewritten export system.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

Perfect board game pacing is one of the most underrated aspects of board game design. Somewhere between overwhelm and ennui, there lies a middle ground where a game is perfectly paced. A great board game feels challenging and interesting throughout. Need help on your board game? But how do you do that?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

One of the hallmarks of good board game design is being able to create hard choices. Sounds easy enough to do, but it’s actually really tough from the designer’s perspective! Let’s talk about how you can create hard choices in your board game. Need help on your board game?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Zugzwang by Robert Yang This post details my process and intent for making my new release Zugzwang (pronounced in German like /ts'OOK-ts'VAHng/ ) a tactical sex dungeon roguelike cum ritual game. SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils what happens in the game. So this game too is set in a dungeon -- a divine sex maze dungeon.

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