Martin Grider
@grd.bsky.social
Independent game designer and developer, doing iOS development since 2008. Game releases at http://abstractpuzzle.com, bibliography at http://martingrider.name, development blog at http://chesstris.com, follow me on https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grid
😫…but my @kanare-abstract.bsky.social pre-order…!
August 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
😫…but my @kanare-abstract.bsky.social pre-order…!
The “and finally…” for this article is behind a paywall… just in case you didn’t know.
August 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The “and finally…” for this article is behind a paywall… just in case you didn’t know.
What is this "after work" you speak of?
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What is this "after work" you speak of?
IGDATC.org is where it’s at!
IGDA Twin Cities | The Twin Cities Chapter of the International Game Developers Association
IGDATC.org
May 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
IGDATC.org is where it’s at!
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...adding to a cube where your tile was the convex one, and subtracting opponent's cubes when your tile was concave. I deliberately didn't settle on how to score the game, since I wanted to play it a bit first. Goals and scoring are the next important step, I think.
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
...adding to a cube where your tile was the convex one, and subtracting opponent's cubes when your tile was concave. I deliberately didn't settle on how to score the game, since I wanted to play it a bit first. Goals and scoring are the next important step, I think.
Feel free to ask whatever you'd like to know!
This was a simple 4-player "majorities" game. Everyone started with a full set of 13 tiles (minus the 4 we used to seed the board). On your turn, you placed your tile, put a cube on it, and then also added or subtracted cubes from adjacent tiles.
This was a simple 4-player "majorities" game. Everyone started with a full set of 13 tiles (minus the 4 we used to seed the board). On your turn, you placed your tile, put a cube on it, and then also added or subtracted cubes from adjacent tiles.
April 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Feel free to ask whatever you'd like to know!
This was a simple 4-player "majorities" game. Everyone started with a full set of 13 tiles (minus the 4 we used to seed the board). On your turn, you placed your tile, put a cube on it, and then also added or subtracted cubes from adjacent tiles.
This was a simple 4-player "majorities" game. Everyone started with a full set of 13 tiles (minus the 4 we used to seed the board). On your turn, you placed your tile, put a cube on it, and then also added or subtracted cubes from adjacent tiles.
Awesome, thanks for these! First idea playtested this afternoon!
March 30, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Awesome, thanks for these! First idea playtested this afternoon!
Recently, I spent time thinking about WHY I trust answers from Wikipedia a lot more than I trust answers from AI, and it applies equally well to AI vs. Stack Overflow. The AI answer has only one (unverifiable) source. It is also ephemeral, no down-votes or opportunity for fact checking.
March 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Recently, I spent time thinking about WHY I trust answers from Wikipedia a lot more than I trust answers from AI, and it applies equally well to AI vs. Stack Overflow. The AI answer has only one (unverifiable) source. It is also ephemeral, no down-votes or opportunity for fact checking.
Is there some good reason not to like Obsidian, or do you just not like it?
February 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Is there some good reason not to like Obsidian, or do you just not like it?
I'm feeling sick that I voted for Klobuchar.
February 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm feeling sick that I voted for Klobuchar.
When can I buy my own Bubble Tiles box?
February 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
When can I buy my own Bubble Tiles box?
I want to make games with these! (I was not able to find this for sale anywhere. Opportunity?)
February 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I want to make games with these! (I was not able to find this for sale anywhere. Opportunity?)
Fascinating. I assume you mean because it looks like it's going to need some serious maintenance? (Or even to come down, maybe.)
January 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Fascinating. I assume you mean because it looks like it's going to need some serious maintenance? (Or even to come down, maybe.)
But also "good" is quite subjective, so I don't mean that question literally as written. You have to ask whether it's worth doing something SPECIFIC, or in some specific way.
December 6, 2024 at 10:08 PM
But also "good" is quite subjective, so I don't mean that question literally as written. You have to ask whether it's worth doing something SPECIFIC, or in some specific way.
If everyone who asks "Should we really be doing this?" convinces just one person not to do a bad thing, then that post was justified, IMO. Of course it's _also_ worth asking "How can we make good things?" That could have also stopped a lot of the BS from getting made in the first place.
December 6, 2024 at 10:06 PM
If everyone who asks "Should we really be doing this?" convinces just one person not to do a bad thing, then that post was justified, IMO. Of course it's _also_ worth asking "How can we make good things?" That could have also stopped a lot of the BS from getting made in the first place.
How many people bought a copy of Monopoly? Not many game designers talking about that one either. (For good reason!)
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
How many people bought a copy of Monopoly? Not many game designers talking about that one either. (For good reason!)
Glad to hear you're interested! I have definitely decided to move forward with the project. I'm not sure how long it'll take me to get everything in order, but I'll reply here when I have a kickstarter page (or something like it) ready to look at. 😀
November 15, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Glad to hear you're interested! I have definitely decided to move forward with the project. I'm not sure how long it'll take me to get everything in order, but I'll reply here when I have a kickstarter page (or something like it) ready to look at. 😀