Keeping little virtual people happy is no easy task! How do you track variables and compute their satisfaction? How do you calculate the final score? Here’s my game design musings.
Continue reading “Designing Variables and Calculating Score in a Management Sim Game”
I just got back from the GDC and wanted to share several tips I learned for anyone thinking of going in the future.
Continue reading “How to Attend GDC: Lessons from a First-Time Goer”
Sharing my Game Design ideas for how I manage quests and flow in my indie game, and asking for some help with a few problems!
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An analysis of how various games use “tool” items to customize the player character and manage resources. I wrote it as guest post on the GamingPoint.org site – go read it now!
Working on my second game, I realize the dialogue writing approach from my first game Postmortem: one must die may not quite cut it.
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I already thanked the fans and supporters of my indie game Postmortem numerous times. Now it’s time to thank the critics as well.
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There are some games I know I won’t like, but still buy and play. I feel it’s part of being a good game designer. Here’s my short list and reasons.
Our indie adventure game Postmortem has had 3.5k playthroughs already! Here’s what the stats reveal about our gamers and their moral choices.
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Here’s my approach to writing complex, branching, and meaningful conversations in my indie adventure game Postmortem: one must die. Took many attempts to figure out a good way so sharing the lessons!
Continue reading “Writing branching Game Conversations the easy way – approach from my indie game”
So I got interviewed by DailyDPad.com about my upcoming game Postmortem the other day, and it’s now up (English and German version available), Go Read It >
Thanks Rian Voß!