Buddy Frost
@buddyfrost.bsky.social
Game designer at Frost Flame Games. (he/any)
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Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
I find new bands by searching for covers of maps.
June 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I find new bands by searching for covers of maps.
We are conducting an early alpha of our online card game. Send me a message for an invite if you are keen
March 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We are conducting an early alpha of our online card game. Send me a message for an invite if you are keen
Does anyone else get excited when they get new dev tools from the team?
February 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Does anyone else get excited when they get new dev tools from the team?
The problem with trying to design procedural games is that you often stare down the maw of infinity
January 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The problem with trying to design procedural games is that you often stare down the maw of infinity
Pavé has landed. Time to get some boardgames into homes.
January 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Pavé has landed. Time to get some boardgames into homes.
Bad match three idea:
A screen full of mindrot videos such as slime mushing, subway surfers etc. Get three of a kind and they mercifully disappear.
A screen full of mindrot videos such as slime mushing, subway surfers etc. Get three of a kind and they mercifully disappear.
January 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Bad match three idea:
A screen full of mindrot videos such as slime mushing, subway surfers etc. Get three of a kind and they mercifully disappear.
A screen full of mindrot videos such as slime mushing, subway surfers etc. Get three of a kind and they mercifully disappear.
Sometimes card games have a "zero sum of fun" problem than can be difficult to overcome
December 22, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Sometimes card games have a "zero sum of fun" problem than can be difficult to overcome
My favourite wincon in TCGs when playing is making people concede in despair even though I know it is bad for that to exist in games.
The game designer in me really fights the part of me that is a little shit.
The game designer in me really fights the part of me that is a little shit.
December 17, 2024 at 9:42 AM
My favourite wincon in TCGs when playing is making people concede in despair even though I know it is bad for that to exist in games.
The game designer in me really fights the part of me that is a little shit.
The game designer in me really fights the part of me that is a little shit.
What is the most arcane dev tool experience you have had?
For me I am currently building decks of cards by dialing in parts of them by referencing alphanumeric entity IDs.
For me I am currently building decks of cards by dialing in parts of them by referencing alphanumeric entity IDs.
December 11, 2024 at 3:16 AM
What is the most arcane dev tool experience you have had?
For me I am currently building decks of cards by dialing in parts of them by referencing alphanumeric entity IDs.
For me I am currently building decks of cards by dialing in parts of them by referencing alphanumeric entity IDs.
What is the best song off Rumors and why is it Dreams?
December 10, 2024 at 4:00 AM
What is the best song off Rumors and why is it Dreams?
Something something card game design, something something hard.
December 8, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Something something card game design, something something hard.
Game design is thinking really hard about something then finding out how wrong you are in reality.
December 7, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Game design is thinking really hard about something then finding out how wrong you are in reality.
Bad Match Three Game Idea:
Gems. Gems never change.
Scour the post apocalyptic waste lands for three matching gems to score points.
Gems. Gems never change.
Scour the post apocalyptic waste lands for three matching gems to score points.
December 6, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Bad Match Three Game Idea:
Gems. Gems never change.
Scour the post apocalyptic waste lands for three matching gems to score points.
Gems. Gems never change.
Scour the post apocalyptic waste lands for three matching gems to score points.
One part of card game design I can't replicate is having broken cards in your history that you constantly reference in newer "fixed" versions.
December 6, 2024 at 7:44 AM
One part of card game design I can't replicate is having broken cards in your history that you constantly reference in newer "fixed" versions.
Card game players from one game reviewing cards from another game might just be my favourite form of content.
December 5, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Card game players from one game reviewing cards from another game might just be my favourite form of content.
Bad Match Three Game Idea:
Fuck it, the gems themselves are micro-transactions. $5 a gem.
Fuck it, the gems themselves are micro-transactions. $5 a gem.
December 5, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Bad Match Three Game Idea:
Fuck it, the gems themselves are micro-transactions. $5 a gem.
Fuck it, the gems themselves are micro-transactions. $5 a gem.
Currently fighting the 1000 unique bowls of porridge problem of procedural game design.
December 5, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Currently fighting the 1000 unique bowls of porridge problem of procedural game design.
Turns out the downside of trying to make your digital card game have lots of meaningful choices is that it makes programming a computer opponent a nightmare.
December 4, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Turns out the downside of trying to make your digital card game have lots of meaningful choices is that it makes programming a computer opponent a nightmare.
Card game rule writing often has to be as precise as programing languages.
So anyway my engineers basically made me a programming language for designing mechanics in the database.
So anyway my engineers basically made me a programming language for designing mechanics in the database.
December 3, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Card game rule writing often has to be as precise as programing languages.
So anyway my engineers basically made me a programming language for designing mechanics in the database.
So anyway my engineers basically made me a programming language for designing mechanics in the database.
One of the reasons MTG can be confusing is that they keep overhauling the rules and wordings to make it less confusing.
December 2, 2024 at 11:48 PM
One of the reasons MTG can be confusing is that they keep overhauling the rules and wordings to make it less confusing.
I wonder if the thing that made us able to sit and fish all day for survival is the thing that makes us like gambling.
This is still a post about card game design.
This is still a post about card game design.
December 2, 2024 at 5:20 AM
I wonder if the thing that made us able to sit and fish all day for survival is the thing that makes us like gambling.
This is still a post about card game design.
This is still a post about card game design.
Bad Match Three Game Idea: Recursion
When you click a gem you must play a standard match three game inside it. When you complete that game, it resolves into a coloured gem depending on how you did. Then match three of those.
When you click a gem you must play a standard match three game inside it. When you complete that game, it resolves into a coloured gem depending on how you did. Then match three of those.
December 2, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Bad Match Three Game Idea: Recursion
When you click a gem you must play a standard match three game inside it. When you complete that game, it resolves into a coloured gem depending on how you did. Then match three of those.
When you click a gem you must play a standard match three game inside it. When you complete that game, it resolves into a coloured gem depending on how you did. Then match three of those.
I feel like current card game design is about making you feel like you are doing broken things. And while that might seem exciting, I think it is daunting for new players to have to teach them a how to play a new game, then teach them that actually that isn't how you will be playing it at all.
December 2, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I feel like current card game design is about making you feel like you are doing broken things. And while that might seem exciting, I think it is daunting for new players to have to teach them a how to play a new game, then teach them that actually that isn't how you will be playing it at all.
Bad Match Three Game Idea:
Get three fascists in a line and they disappear.
If only.
Get three fascists in a line and they disappear.
If only.
December 1, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Bad Match Three Game Idea:
Get three fascists in a line and they disappear.
If only.
Get three fascists in a line and they disappear.
If only.