Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. I’ve already written a bunch of songs for this game. Supporters get early access to stuff and will certainly be the first to get access to a playable prototype once it’s ready.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

A computer science degree teaches computer languages which is essential when designing games. Game designers must know various coding languages to create levels, interactions, progression, etc. Computer science in gaming will help you develop games. They turn the designer’s vision into a reality.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I started the writing with humor. At this point, I’d like to provide a guide on how to perform an autopsy on your board game project. Each autopsy write-up you do will be highly personal and distinctive, but these five steps will give you a rough guideline. Excerpts from War Co. Things I Did Wrong with the Campaign.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. This recap post / viewing guide covers only the first half of the series (episodes 01-17) and I'll try to write-up the second half later.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The motivation for this article is that many devs asked me to write it for a long time. Despite being the lead developer of Godot, I have almost 20 years of experience developing and shipping games, and a decade of experience as technical consultant. Do not bother with design. Starting over, is the game commercially viable?

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

In Unity, you write code using the C# language, while in Unreal, you use C++. When working with Unreal, users don’t require deep knowledge of codes or even a basic understanding of how to write them. Games can be developed through the tools in the integrated visual scripter called Blueprint. The game engine is open-source.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Play-test with game designers. Let’s say you’ve made light games.

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Interesting Choices

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

And while overall I've been overjoyed with the response, I've seen a few comments from people who dislike the inclusion of the disaster tiles in the game, and I realized that I haven't ever sat down to write out my thoughts for why I included the mechanic despite knowing that those tiles would be controversial.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? What are some guidelines for writing good rules?

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iHobo

JUNE 28, 2023

Not only do most game designers not appreciate the tremendous power of this aspect of human experience, but there is very little recognition of the intensity of the emotions that can be brought into play through curiosity. However, to make the curiosity motive work in games requires tremendous co-operation between departments.

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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? Carla: There’s making the review prototypes themselves.

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Mnenad

APRIL 9, 2018

We rather think of an ideal or prototype bird like this one over here from a kid's science book. Gunther Rehfeld, author of the german book “Game Design und Produktion”  from 2014, mentions the importance of shapes in his chapter about concept art. I put the credits on the end of the post.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

The scope of this rebalance is way too large to cover in its entirety, and while I don’t plan to write about every aspect, we’ll be looking at the broad strokes and pick out some representative examples here and there. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. Categorical Approach. Slot-wise Approach.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. One of the trickiest parts of self-publishing a board game can be finding good artists. It involves a mix of searching, managing, and writing good requirements.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Kudos to Neil Long of Mobilegamer.biz for joining the event and writing the notes. State of the mobile game industry Eric Kress, Gossamer Consulting Deconstructor of Fun’s “chief outrage officer” Eric Kress was up first to offer what he called a “pragmatic view of what’s going on in the market.”

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the seventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? The Seize the Bean prototype has little sugar cube pieces to tell its story.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. In short, the Unity Cinemachine is a game-changer. Cinemachine Is Especially Ideal for Game Developers. Who Would Be Interested in Unity Cinemachine?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2019

While writing this post, this news article went live. The most notable move being the opening of a Berlin studio that is categorically focussed on “casual” games, with key hires coming in from Blizzard, King, Rovio and the likes. Production Evolution Having said all the above, achieving Archero’s design prowess is no simple task.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

Although I saw that Civ 5 ’s 1UPT had become the mainstream conception of a tile-based 4X game, Old World actually went through roughly a year of development WITH stacked units. Early on, the simplest way to prototype the game was to maintain a strict 1UPT rule (as stacking has the major downside of making the UI much more complicated).

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

They get to a prototype level. And basically, it's a storytelling game where you basically write a story with the A.I. But at the other extreme, we you know, we invest in companies that are very, very data driven, iterative, where you could almost claim that there's almost no game innovation other than what Kristian said before.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It's mostly "safe for work" even if the actual game is not. That Lonesome Valley is a short gay cowboy romance game about walking, sheepherding, and kissing. Back in 2019 I made an unfinished prototype for a Gay Western game jam to contemplate the anniversary of influential gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain (2005).

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret is a sharp guy and a good game dev. That’s why I hit him up on Discord with the following message: I’m going to be writing a post soon called “Let’s Set Expectations: Time, Money, Effort.” Brandon: In regards to your first printed game, Go Fish Fitness , how long did it take you to make it?

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Tom Francis

AUGUST 20, 2019

I thought it would be an interesting game design challenge to come up with a single player game you can play with a regular deck of playing cards. In the video I both explain it and play a full game. In the video I both explain it and play a full game. My first try, about a month ago, didn’t work.

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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. I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. CONTENT WARNING 1: I mention a suicide from a century ago.

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