PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

As we were prototyping there was still a feeling the game needed more action. Thus I make an effort to use purchased art assets only as a starting point to then be modified into something more unique and fitting of the aesthetic.” “We built a prototype in our spare time and saw the potential. But that’s not all.

Studios 104

Studios Prototyping Visual Scripting Art 104

Cocos

APRIL 27, 2023

In my previous post, I mentioned that I would be write a series of articles on Cocos Cyberpunk. After understanding some of the future plans from the game team, I decided to start over and create a guide from the perspective of code-writing and logic mechanisms. By this point, the introduction to the Game module is over.

Code 52

Code Data Animation Animation 52

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Click this picture for some backstory! Game rules are how we regulate the mechanics of our games so that they are consistent with the messages we want to send to players. This guide comes in four parts: What are some guidelines for writing good rules? What are some guidelines for writing good rules? Private testing.

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Concepts Writing Games 130

Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change. Few people called for the return of stacks-of-doom, but critics pointed out that carpets-of-doom were just as bad.

Tile 40

Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics 40

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And the point is that you… because you get so used to selling the idea, ultimately you'd know nothing about that idea until you market tested it, until you've, like, started building it, until you start getting some data. Gigi brought up a good point about the kinds of companies I sort of have three in my head about video games.

Games 52

Games Point and Click Engine Engineering 52