Board Game Design – The Concept
In this post we’ll take a look at the initial concept for my board game. Much like any game design, the initial concept evolves at a rapid pace. The worker…
game design
How to design a board game
It’s finally time for a new project and, what I hope will be, a brand new series of blog posts. As you may have guessed from the title, my new…
On Board Games
Its important, as someone who purports to be a game designer, to play games. Not just the latest AAA shooter or the latest games-as-art indie game, but a whole breadth…
Basic gameplay strategies – Mini Mob Development Diary #2
As predicted, porting the prototype from MOAI to Cocos2d was relatively simple. There were some considerations to be made owing to the procedural nature of Lua vs the object oriented…
Weekly Update #5 – Core Puzzle Mechanics
This week I’ve been working on the core puzzle mechanics. I’ve added in the feature I mentioned last week and I’m currently wrestling with my code to get it to…
The one with the videos
Progress on my game is pretty slow at the moment and that’s a good thing. Let me tell you why. Both Star Fusion and Rocket Santa had development cycles of…