Hi all! Just a quick heads up to let you know that Episode 10 of 3 Minute Game Design is out. Also so are 7, 8, and 9 – sorry, I stopped posting about them here awhile ago. I may have some news about 3MGD in the future, so stay tuned. For now, enjoy the …
“Whoops, I have the antidote for the Kragle, how did that happen?” – Lord Business At best, my design theory work tends to get mixed reviews. It’s my belief that if any creative work fails to connect with people, it’s the fault of the communicator. As a writer, you’re setting out to connect with people, …
Today I’d like to fill people in on a few things that I’ve been working on in a quick blog post. Here goes! The new release date for my book, Clockwork Game Design, is now May 28th. I recently wrote two significant posts for dinofarmgames.com about Auro and the huge rebalancing/changes job we’re doing for …
Back around 2010 or so, I discovered the world of “designer boardgames”. If you don’t already know about them, they’re very, very different from “boardgames” most of us are used to finding stuffed in the top shelves of our closets – the Risks, the Monopolys, the Sorrys. Designer boardgames were almost the opposite of the …
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The game I’ve been designing for four years now, Auro, is finally out on iOS! Grab it here. Also, just a reminder, it’s also out on Android. Because of the release, the article writing / 3MGD is a bit delayed. But don’t worry, I have two articles and one 3MGD episode in the pipeline.
I write a lot about how bad output randomness is for games, but today I want to write about a problem common in many deterministic games – specifically ones that lack hidden information. Why doesn’t everyone just play chess, if it’s so great? The answer is that chess, or other ancient abstracts like Go and …
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