What is a Wave but a Thousand Drops?

I started my journey into video game development more than 25 years

Thinking Time for game design

As game designers we tend to solve everything through iteration. That works—

The "No" Game

Happy Holidays, everyone! It's been awhile since I've

Sweat the Small Stuff

"Tiny" design considerations from The Legend of Zelda (1986) (this

Ugliness Needed

When starting to make a new game, one must start with a

Success

It's been a long time since I wrote anything. I

Rules for Prototyping Original Games

Recently I've tried to help some experienced game developers prototype

Communication through game mechanics

I stopped writing many months ago because I became busy. We started

Ninja Prototyping

You know those game or design discussions that leave you energized, where

Reframing the Cyclops

One great technique from design thinking is the reframe [https://medium.com/

Vitality before Approachability

During a game's chaotic and bloody early development, player feedback

Chicken-or-egg problems

What came first, the chicken or the egg? * How do you build