Single Player Tutorial Mode
I play video games pretty regularly. So I couldn't help but notice a particular way that many video games have a leg up on the board »
Should Your Game Be Designed to Prevent Cheating?
Stopping cheaters. I've engaged in discussions of this with other designers, and I've gotten the occasional suggestion from playtesters. They tell me about how they think »
How to Pick One Game Idea and Run With It
They say that the first step to doing anything is to get started. There's a lot of truth to that, but it's not the whole story. »
Experiment Massively, Part 2: Seriously, You're Never Almost Done
In my last blog post, I said you're never Almost Done with your game. So, like any good designer should do, I kept play testing SysHack »
Lessons in Play Testing: Experiment Massively
Being a relatively new game designer -- I'm still learning and have not published any games yet -- it seems to me that if I'm going »