Brand Game Development

APRIL 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Most board game mechanics will not work as well as you intend them to. Good board game developers need to know when to drop mechanics and when to refine them. Need help on your board game?

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I kept thinking the story was about how she was a complex character with nuance, but then she’d kill like 80 first graders and I stopped caring about her motivation. It's been your standard-issue Internet rage swarm, which is always going to be at least as much fun as the game itself. Diablo IV has been piled on a lot lately.

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Racing Fantasy Indy Internet 86

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 18, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. In order to play with us, you will need a Steam game called Tabletop Simulator. In order to play with us, you will need a Steam game called Tabletop Simulator. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 14, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I talk a lot about the business side of board game creation. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Art Dev Mechanics Game Developer 130

Retro Game Coders

JANUARY 10, 2024

How did you get into programming? A conversation on social media sparked this idea, I thought it would be interesting for the Retro Game Coders community to share how you got into programming and your journey from starting out to what you do now? Are you now getting started? Which languages have you learned?

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. The mark of a great game developer is to make great complexity and interaction come out of simple elements. Need help on your board game? Just here for Highways & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games. It’s so big that we’ve split it up into different sections to make it easier for you to navigate. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Hobby Board Games.

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Tile Point and Click Games Art 130

Brand Game Development

APRIL 5, 2021

Welcome to the inaugural post of Behind the Scenes: Lessons from a Kickstarter Board Game Publisher! In this series, I’ll be talking about aspects of board game publishing you don’t normally think about. Why board game publishing companies do things that seem weird from the outside?

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Last week, I posted A Crash Course in Games , where I acted as a tour guide to the board game industry, covering much of the contextual information you’ll need to make games. Let’s pick up from there and talk about what specifically goes into making a game. Need help on your board game?

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Game Design Advice

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Lana Polansky recently wrote a very interesting piece about how we categorize games which includes an examination of the popular MDA game design framework. For me, the greatest strength of MDA is that it emphasizes the “second order” nature of game design. So what are the problems?

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 12, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the last of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Today I’ll be talking about how to check your work.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 17, 2017

I didn’t mean to be a board game developer, but everything I did to get here was on purpose. As a child, I was intensely interested in board games and video games. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But with November comes Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hannukah, and New Years, so in my family that means the season of family games. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I am good at Rummikub and I like card games. Happy Monday to all!

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Games Art Game Developer Game Development 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

After spending a lot of time last week talking about how to make games, let’s talk about how to make them well. When it comes to games, there are a handful of truths that are very important to realize. Need help on your board game? Games tell stories – whether they mean to or not.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 20, 2020

Being able to analyze and move forward after failure is critical to your success and a big part of getting your game from Start to Finish. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. It definitely changes how you have to approach the business, though.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 5, 2017

Prior to becoming a game developer, I was an art thief. so I could finally make money in a more respectable way. so I could finally make money in a more respectable way. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. License: CC BY-ND 2.0.

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Point and Click Games Art Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the eighth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Even abstract games like chess have an intrinsic story to them.

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Art Mechanics Games Game Developer 130

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Early this year the Turkish mobile startup Dream Games has raised $50 million in new funding ($57.5M total funding), despite having only soft-launched its first game, Royal Match. Dream Games was founded by two of Peak’s former Product Directors. Thus a full breakdown of the newly released game is warranted.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Over the last four articles of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I’ve talked about a lot of things that are more complicated than you’d think. I’ve written about the five levels of communication game developers must master. Need help on your board game?

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