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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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Unironically, this is what game design's about
being real funny about testing the player's patience
being real funny about testing the player's patience
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Unironically, this is what game design's about
being real funny about testing the player's patience
being real funny about testing the player's patience
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My big hot game design take is there is truth to "players are great at spotting where there is a problem, but terrible at diagnosis and solving it". More time than not when you hear the big gamer lingo in discourse (filtering out of the bigotry) there is a real grievance underneath.
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My big hot game design take is there is truth to "players are great at spotting where there is a problem, but terrible at diagnosis and solving it". More time than not when you hear the big gamer lingo in discourse (filtering out of the bigotry) there is a real grievance underneath.
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Many remote roles across several disciplines available at Escape Velocity: eve.games/home/careers/
#gamedev #gamejobs
#gamedev #gamejobs
CAREERS - Escape Velocity Entertainment
eve.games
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Many remote roles across several disciplines available at Escape Velocity: eve.games/home/careers/
#gamedev #gamejobs
#gamedev #gamejobs
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ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
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This is so insightful about game design but it's also hilarious because it's about the (spiritual?) successor to Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
ECONOMICS GAMES ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THIS ALIEN BABY ABSOLUTELY BEEFING IT AND LOSING ALL AUTONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD IN SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
I GROW MORE NORMAL BY THE DAY.
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is so insightful about game design but it's also hilarious because it's about the (spiritual?) successor to Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
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I wrote another newsletter for @lauflauf.games this week about our approach to items, health and building, check it out: mailchi.mp/10762bb7e711...
#gamedev #indiegames #gaming
#gamedev #indiegames #gaming
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I wrote another newsletter for @lauflauf.games this week about our approach to items, health and building, check it out: mailchi.mp/10762bb7e711...
#gamedev #indiegames #gaming
#gamedev #indiegames #gaming
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Book Excerpt: The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
Book Excerpt: The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
'This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Book Excerpt: The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
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this is the wildest way to communicate your vision for the game design
and what's hilarious is he actually did make it happen
and what's hilarious is he actually did make it happen
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
this is the wildest way to communicate your vision for the game design
and what's hilarious is he actually did make it happen
and what's hilarious is he actually did make it happen
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Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
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I get really frustrated with the way so many people try to gatekeep "game design" behind the activity of "product design", like it only counts if you're making a complete object to offer to people. But "thinking like a game designer" is something most RPG players do in order to even play at all.
a really interesting criticism of the expressionist games manifesto when i posted it was "in order to play like this, everyone at the table would need to be a game designer" which is ...
1. i'm a game designer. ofc that's how i'm gonna play
2. it's v easy to think like a game designer if u want to
1. i'm a game designer. ofc that's how i'm gonna play
2. it's v easy to think like a game designer if u want to
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I get really frustrated with the way so many people try to gatekeep "game design" behind the activity of "product design", like it only counts if you're making a complete object to offer to people. But "thinking like a game designer" is something most RPG players do in order to even play at all.
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It is time to shout about fun in a car park // What is Fun? A Game Design Introduction
youtu.be/56ENqlUST9U
youtu.be/56ENqlUST9U
What is Fun? A Game Design Introduction
YouTube video by Indie Game Clinic
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October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It is time to shout about fun in a car park // What is Fun? A Game Design Introduction
youtu.be/56ENqlUST9U
youtu.be/56ENqlUST9U
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Hey everyone! 👋
Here’s a small #Blocktober update! 🚧
This time, I wanted to show a more complete breakdown of my level and share some behind-the-scenes of the process. 🧭🎮
#LevelDesign, #Blocktober, #Blocktober2025, #UnrealEngine, #Blockout, #Level, #GameDesign, #Gamedev, #Indie, #Ue5
Here’s a small #Blocktober update! 🚧
This time, I wanted to show a more complete breakdown of my level and share some behind-the-scenes of the process. 🧭🎮
#LevelDesign, #Blocktober, #Blocktober2025, #UnrealEngine, #Blockout, #Level, #GameDesign, #Gamedev, #Indie, #Ue5
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey everyone! 👋
Here’s a small #Blocktober update! 🚧
This time, I wanted to show a more complete breakdown of my level and share some behind-the-scenes of the process. 🧭🎮
#LevelDesign, #Blocktober, #Blocktober2025, #UnrealEngine, #Blockout, #Level, #GameDesign, #Gamedev, #Indie, #Ue5
Here’s a small #Blocktober update! 🚧
This time, I wanted to show a more complete breakdown of my level and share some behind-the-scenes of the process. 🧭🎮
#LevelDesign, #Blocktober, #Blocktober2025, #UnrealEngine, #Blockout, #Level, #GameDesign, #Gamedev, #Indie, #Ue5
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A curated collection of resources to game development (art, design, code, marketing, ...)
#deals #offers #gamedev #indiedev #unity #unity #unity3d #unrealengine #gameart #gameaudio #gamedesign
#deals #offers #gamedev #indiedev #unity #unity #unity3d #unrealengine #gameart #gameaudio #gamedesign
GitHub - FronkonGames/Awesome-Gamedev: A curated collection of resources to game development.
A curated collection of resources to game development. - FronkonGames/Awesome-Gamedev
github.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A curated collection of resources to game development (art, design, code, marketing, ...)
#deals #offers #gamedev #indiedev #unity #unity #unity3d #unrealengine #gameart #gameaudio #gamedesign
#deals #offers #gamedev #indiedev #unity #unity #unity3d #unrealengine #gameart #gameaudio #gamedesign
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I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
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With enough creativity, you can make a paper prototype for any type of game. Let’s go through a few examples using different genres.
#GameDesign #GameDev #IndieGameDev
#GameDesign #GameDev #IndieGameDev
Making a Videogame With Paper
Paper prototyping is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to put something in front of players.
videogameworkshop.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With enough creativity, you can make a paper prototype for any type of game. Let’s go through a few examples using different genres.
#GameDesign #GameDev #IndieGameDev
#GameDesign #GameDev #IndieGameDev
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I thought I couldn’t compete with stunning graphics or advanced programming,
so I decided to fight with ideas, game design, and level design instead.
Then I realized… those are also insanely advanced skills.
so I decided to fight with ideas, game design, and level design instead.
Then I realized… those are also insanely advanced skills.
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I thought I couldn’t compete with stunning graphics or advanced programming,
so I decided to fight with ideas, game design, and level design instead.
Then I realized… those are also insanely advanced skills.
so I decided to fight with ideas, game design, and level design instead.
Then I realized… those are also insanely advanced skills.
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Hey listen, Sega may have made some HUGE mistakes, but. They were an innovator. They had DLC, they had the Sega Channel, they innovated with game design in the arcades and home console with shit like Shenmue and Phantasy Star Online. They made MISTAKES, but they believed in a future...
after all of this, i never want to see people compare xbox's downfall to sega's ever again. sega made games and cared about their creatives. Isao Okawa gave all his money to his staff just to make sure they kept going. everything microsoft has done in the past year has proven them scum of the earth.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hey listen, Sega may have made some HUGE mistakes, but. They were an innovator. They had DLC, they had the Sega Channel, they innovated with game design in the arcades and home console with shit like Shenmue and Phantasy Star Online. They made MISTAKES, but they believed in a future...
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after all of this, i never want to see people compare xbox's downfall to sega's ever again. sega made games and cared about their creatives. Isao Okawa gave all his money to his staff just to make sure they kept going. everything microsoft has done in the past year has proven them scum of the earth.
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
after all of this, i never want to see people compare xbox's downfall to sega's ever again. sega made games and cared about their creatives. Isao Okawa gave all his money to his staff just to make sure they kept going. everything microsoft has done in the past year has proven them scum of the earth.
Finally sat down and got some work done. Started writing a GDD and it really boosted my confidence the viability of this project.
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Finally sat down and got some work done. Started writing a GDD and it really boosted my confidence the viability of this project.
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Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Unity & Game Design!
🎮 Two-part FREE workshop led by experienced mentors
🗓️ Nov 15 | 10am–4pm AWST
📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord)
✨ For women & non-binary folks
🔗 Register (in-person spots limited!):
events.humanitix.com/lhu-presents...
#gamedev #unity
🎮 Two-part FREE workshop led by experienced mentors
🗓️ Nov 15 | 10am–4pm AWST
📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord)
✨ For women & non-binary folks
🔗 Register (in-person spots limited!):
events.humanitix.com/lhu-presents...
#gamedev #unity
Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Unity & Game Design
Learn the fundamental skills for Unity and Game Design in this two-part workshop for emerging / future women & non-binary video game developers.
events.humanitix.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Unity & Game Design!
🎮 Two-part FREE workshop led by experienced mentors
🗓️ Nov 15 | 10am–4pm AWST
📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord)
✨ For women & non-binary folks
🔗 Register (in-person spots limited!):
events.humanitix.com/lhu-presents...
#gamedev #unity
🎮 Two-part FREE workshop led by experienced mentors
🗓️ Nov 15 | 10am–4pm AWST
📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord)
✨ For women & non-binary folks
🔗 Register (in-person spots limited!):
events.humanitix.com/lhu-presents...
#gamedev #unity
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The more I write interactive dialogues, the more it feels like level design — and vice versa. Just as dialogue is navigation through a socio-cognitive space, exploration is a form of conversation with the environment. In the end, both are about finding the best way to communicate. #gamedesign
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The more I write interactive dialogues, the more it feels like level design — and vice versa. Just as dialogue is navigation through a socio-cognitive space, exploration is a form of conversation with the environment. In the end, both are about finding the best way to communicate. #gamedesign
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Share what you're reading. "Reading this game design book and holy crap this chapter on pacing..." Your learning journey is content, and it shows you're always improving. People want to grow alongside you.
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Share what you're reading. "Reading this game design book and holy crap this chapter on pacing..." Your learning journey is content, and it shows you're always improving. People want to grow alongside you.
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This is a screenshot of a game design doc so I think it still counts for #ScreenshotSaturday?
FYI if you want a good and free way to make graphs/diagrams like this, app.diagrams.net is great.
FYI if you want a good and free way to make graphs/diagrams like this, app.diagrams.net is great.
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is a screenshot of a game design doc so I think it still counts for #ScreenshotSaturday?
FYI if you want a good and free way to make graphs/diagrams like this, app.diagrams.net is great.
FYI if you want a good and free way to make graphs/diagrams like this, app.diagrams.net is great.