There is plenty of drudge to fill the day, and plenty of big name games to fill whatever is left of that. If you want something new, try an indie game.
When to end it!
Before it is boring
If anyone has played any board games then the odds are they’ve been here before. The game starts out decently fun, but then time progresses and peoples eyes glaze over, no one is interested anymore. What happened?
Well, for me there…
Making the Game
Sometimes in life we get stuck on something, and sometimes that something is easier to just throw to the side than to figure out. While I understand the need to put something aside and just let it be worked out in the back of your mind, don’t forget about…
Taking Criticism
I’ve been working on games on and off for over a year and still to this day the hardest part for me is playtesting. Criticism is a huge part of creating a game, if you can’t handle being told your idea doesn’t fit, or it needs work, you should probably…
It’s easier today
It’s easier today
Everything has become easier today than it was in the past. I say this carefully because I know what it’s like to sit and wonder how I’ll ever be able to successfully put a game on the shelves of Walmart, Barnes and Nobles, or at the least, any local game…
Here are the list of entries we received for the Co-Op Design Challenge. Our guest judge Chris Leder will be narrowing this list down to a set of finalists over the next week or two.
Keep an open mind
“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. ”
― Pablo PicassoWhen starting in game design it’s easy to get carried away with ideas we had when we first start and try to force it all to fit. I’ve got plenty of ideas sitting on the sidelines…
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Do it wrong
Do it wrong
I’ve been into a lot of books lately, mostly I like to listen to them while I work, either doing my day job or cleaning up my house. I ran into an audio book called ‘The 5 Elements of Critical Thinking’which gets me a lot of grief from other people but I…
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Noobs now for sale!
If you like RPG games and Munchkin, you’ll love Noobs! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/noobs
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