thoughts on games, reality and the stuff in between
Posted in Game Design on Jan 20th, 2012
A large part of my job is to write, re-write and give feedback on game design documents. I also give lectures at a private school with game design classes. And there is a bunch of beginner mistakes that I often see from students and design interns. Creative instead of technical writing There might well be [...]
Posted in Game Design on Dec 30th, 2011
Many strategy games are resource battles that can be summarized as ascending or descending graphs. Fighting against the numbers is not fun stressful. Picture a typical session of your favourite video strategy game. It is most likely one of two things: either a constant click-fest or a long, drawn out affair until one final battle [...]
Posted in Board games, Game Design on Dec 23rd, 2011
Strategy games can take a long time to play. And if you’re not careful, you may end up spending most of that time watching your friends duke it out over the remnants of your former empire. Have you ever been in that situation? You arrange a board game night with some friends, and plan ahead [...]