Quinn Brander
@quinnbrander.bsky.social
Big into designing games and making music. The crowdfunder for my upcoming roguelike board game Gone to Gaia is live on Gamefound, check it out!
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However, sometimes games, due to poor balance or structural issues, contain traps. If turn 1 gives players 6 options but 3 of those options lead to eventual, inevitable loss unless the other player also selects a trap option, that's just bad design. And it happens in games more often than you think!
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
However, sometimes games, due to poor balance or structural issues, contain traps. If turn 1 gives players 6 options but 3 of those options lead to eventual, inevitable loss unless the other player also selects a trap option, that's just bad design. And it happens in games more often than you think!
Glad to hear it and fair point! Would Ability Points be a more intuitive term?
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Glad to hear it and fair point! Would Ability Points be a more intuitive term?
Hey Calvin, thanks for checking it out! They are indeed AP, in the real game they'll be lighting shaped wood tokens but for now on Tabletopia they're those pink round fellows indeed. Let me know if you run into any other ambiguities 👊
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey Calvin, thanks for checking it out! They are indeed AP, in the real game they'll be lighting shaped wood tokens but for now on Tabletopia they're those pink round fellows indeed. Let me know if you run into any other ambiguities 👊
Today when I was demoing, I met an excited boy that loved my game and regaled me with everything he did, and it was like getting to meet my past self. Sometimes I wonder if I should be doing something more practical and real world with my time. But not today 🤍
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Today when I was demoing, I met an excited boy that loved my game and regaled me with everything he did, and it was like getting to meet my past self. Sometimes I wonder if I should be doing something more practical and real world with my time. But not today 🤍
When you're playing a game, you can become anyone, anything. You can be a brilliant general, or a hero that saves the world. When I was growing up, there was no fantasy as powerful, and that's what I wanted. Now, I can give that feeling to other people. I want to give this gift.
August 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
When you're playing a game, you can become anyone, anything. You can be a brilliant general, or a hero that saves the world. When I was growing up, there was no fantasy as powerful, and that's what I wanted. Now, I can give that feeling to other people. I want to give this gift.
Ahhh wish I could be there at the Diana Jones ceremony 😔 😟 flight delays or I would 100% be cheering for y'all
July 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Ahhh wish I could be there at the Diana Jones ceremony 😔 😟 flight delays or I would 100% be cheering for y'all
Good catch! It's a rouge-lite, similar to red, but a bit on the purple side 😉
July 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Good catch! It's a rouge-lite, similar to red, but a bit on the purple side 😉
Great breakdown of the game!
July 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Great breakdown of the game!