Playing videogames: a rambling essay about hating what you love
How does anyone find the time to play videogames? I’ve had a hard time getting around to playing videogames recently, and this has led me on a path towards understanding why that might be. It’s not just that I don’t have time; the truth is, if I really wanted to play some videogames every night, … Continue reading "Playing videogames: a rambling essay about hating what you love"
Read MoreEscape the Omnochronom! Version 0.8 Patch Notes
This is a balance patch, mostly, although a bit of “cleanup”. In general I’ve been in meat-cleaver mode with this game, hacking huge pieces away at it and trying to make it work. I think each version should be becoming significantly more playable. This, I think, should be far and away the most playable version … Continue reading "Escape the Omnochronom! Version 0.8 Patch Notes"
Read MoreIndie Success with Jason Rohrer
Today’s conversation was with Jason Rohrer, the designer of Passage and a ton of other games, with his latest being One Hour, One Life. We started talking about a year ago, I think possibly in response to some of the “indie game apocalypse” conversations that have been taking place over the past few years. Jason … Continue reading "Indie Success with Jason Rohrer"
Read MoreEscape the Omnochronom! Version 0.7 Patch Notes
This is a big one! Two main goals with this patch: balance and clarity. For a long time, there have been a few things about this game that no one really understood but me. Some stuff was just too disconnected and weird. There actually was a cool system for how Guardians spawned and how the … Continue reading "Escape the Omnochronom! Version 0.7 Patch Notes"
Read MoreCGD LIVE! Everything wrong with a 2012 Gamasutra article of mine
It’s really scary looking at old stuff you wrote years ago, and for good reason! In this FIRST EVER LIVE EPISODE of the Clockwork Game Design Podcast, I went line by line through an old Gamasutra article of mine. And here it is in VIDEO FORM! I highly recommend not reading this old article, but … Continue reading "CGD LIVE! Everything wrong with a 2012 Gamasutra article of mine"
Read MoreRounded and Pointed Game Design
Auro is “pointed” game design. It is probably somewhere between 10 and 50 people’s favorite game of all time. This is because Auro does one thing, and one thing only, and it does it extremely well. If you like pure, turn based, low-randomness tactics, I do think you can’t do that much better than to … Continue reading "Rounded and Pointed Game Design"
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