Today I had a conversation with Adam Stewart of One Man Left, one of my favorite indie developers of all time. The company has downsized since its heyday of the early 2010’s, and after operating for about ten years, there is now literally just one man left carrying the torch. Adam is currently working on … Continue reading "Adam Stewart of One Man Left, on tactics games, and game dev survival"
Read MoreAuthor: Keith Burgun
Game designer, author
CGD Podcast: Solo-dev priorities, and Dark Souls with Pete Siecienski
Today’s show has two main topics: how do we prioritize what to do as solo devs working on large projects? And secondly, we discuss Dark Souls and the other Fromsoft games. Today’s guest is Peter “Nomorebirds” Siecienski, who some might know as the winner of our Push the Lane Fan Art Contest, or as a … Continue reading "CGD Podcast: Solo-dev priorities, and Dark Souls with Pete Siecienski"
Read More“The Triangle” tool for your game design purposes
I think that game design theory often has the issue of “seeming cool” while not being terribly practically useful, or only having very narrow utility. Of all of the game design theory I’ve worked on before, this thing here has been by far the most useful. I’ve used it countless times on just about every … Continue reading "“The Triangle” tool for your game design purposes"
Read MoreI don’t want update patches. I want UPGRADE patches.
I love patch notes. I believe that most other game designers love patch notes too, but if you’re someone who doesn’t care about patch notes, you probably will be confused by all this. For awhile there’s been this idea floating around that Riot, the developers of League of Legends, have been issuing arguably-unnecessary balance changes … Continue reading "I don’t want update patches. I want UPGRADE patches."
Read MoreKickstarters and Game Design Theory with Fabian Fischer
On today’s show, we have an interview with designer and theorist Fabian Fischer. Fabian is the designer behind Crimson Company, which is now running its fourth Kickstarter, which is currently doing incredibly well—at the time of this writing, it has over $33,000 pledged (and they were only asking or $11,000)! On the show, we discuss … Continue reading "Kickstarters and Game Design Theory with Fabian Fischer"
Read MoreHow Strategy Games can use Output Randomness
Been thinking a lot about output randomness and what it means in games. My overall opinion on output randomness has not really changed much, but I think from the process of working on Gem Wizards Tactics, which does have some light output randomness, I have come to some new conclusions about when and why it’s … Continue reading "How Strategy Games can use Output Randomness"
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