#Gamedesign

How do we make chill/village life/kind games that aren't ironically colonial in assumptions?#gamedesign #gamdev #question I started working on a roguelike forager that had a lot of promise and possibility,
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It's back, the return of Thursday @FloppyKnights design threads!It's been a real interesting few months on FloppyDev, and there is a lot to go over. For today, let's talk about
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0/8 OK, let's carry on talking about clean game design principles. But this time, about clean game design documentation principles. They are important because most of the time documentation is
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Happy Thursday!It's time for another @floppyknights design thread! Thanks to the demo period, we received a ton of useful feedback for improving the game as we go forward.The number one
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0. Yet another small thread about #gamedesign. But this time I'll write about the most usual mistakes, which beginner game designers tend to make. Moreover, many experienced game designers have
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What’s the purpose of a boss? Depends on the game, but usually bosses serve as a skill test, provide a sense of mastery, a set piece or a genuinely hard
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Today’s #gamedesign thread comes from a question @kombo_karl asked me several months ago:When do you move on from an idea that you like?#WotCStaff Here are three angles to consider this
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[THREAD] I'll gather thoughts around narrative design on this thread. Opinions are my own and I want you to know indie tabletop roleplaying games (the Forge) have had a huge
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Expanding live experiences: The #digital future of #theatre @FinInstLondon Matt Adams from @blasttheory: The reason we decided to work with digital tools is to reflect the lives we are actually
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Enemies exist to encourage/discourage various strategies (and to make the player feel smart among other reasons). Sekiro is largely built around parrying (and stealth). Let’s examine the EARLY GAME enemies
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What makes a combo feel POWERFUL? Most melee action games have a series of related attacks the player can STRING together. Combos usually have a FINITE number of moves until
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THREAD: If you're interested in designing your own escape room board game, I'll be posting some of the tips and tricks I learned while making Conundrum: Candy Factory! (Many tips
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Three recent video games that theme park designers could learn from: a thread! #themedentertainment #gamedesign First, a disclaimer: I am NOT a professional game designer. These are my observations as
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Melee combat design is the art of creating rules that determine when/how a player or enemy are allowed to hit each other. The inclusion of key rules determines the player’s
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LoG Tips Thread What @blakemizzi wishes he knew about #gamedesign sooner So! Blake is our Design Director. He's studied design since 1999 , & been a professional designer since 2004
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What makes an easy (or hard) melee enemy? It depends on the combat game, but there are common enemy characteristics found in most melee games. Reverse engineering games is an
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