“Do you want to watch a 90 minute video about Five Nights at Freddy’s lore?” has become an inside troll joke around our house. And, yes, I have watched it to prepare for this year’s Five Night’s at Freddy’s (FNAF) birthday party game We moved into a new house with a roomy basement and a […]
Hiring a Game Designer? A question came up on Reddit/r/gamedev the other day, “How do you go about hiring a game designer?” This can be a difficult process. An artist can have a portfolio that clearly defines their skills but a designer’s work is intertwined with all aspects of a game’s execution. It be difficult to tease […]
Random-mess I am not a fan of randomness in games. I try to keep it to a minimum as a designer and as a player, it’s a turn off for me. The idea of grinding for a loot drop will wear me out real fast. I’m looking at you Let It Die! I’ve had debates with […]
Intro One of the first game design books I ever read was Chris Crawford on Game Design. It’s a great beginner design book and introduced me to the concept of “verbs” in game design. Crawford suggested that the more verbs a game has, the better the game. A game is great when you can run […]