Brand Game Development

MARCH 23, 2020

Almost two years ago today, I launched a Kickstarter campaign for a board game called Highways & Byways. When it wound up being just another failed Kickstarter campaign, it hurt badly. Yet two years later, when I look back, I see how its failure ended up improving my life and my business in a number of ways.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Nobody wants to fail. Nobody sets out to fail. Success often comes from what you learn from a string of failures. I talk about this in more detail in How to Diagnose Failure & Move Forward as a Board Game Developer. Step 2: Make a plan to fix the failure. Need help on your board game? Failure is brutal.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021. The most epic public post-mortem ever.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Battle Passes were first introduced in Valve’s Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 and later popularized by Fortnite (which still today holds one of the most advanced and constantly improving designs). If not handled correctly, Battle Passes may end up generating a negative effect on game revenue. Source: SensorTower.

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