I originally got into game design to work on video games. Which led me down the path of programming. Then I realized the insane hours that game programmers worked and was not interested in pursuing that any longer. Which I have since realized that the programmers often weren’t the ones actually designing the game anyways. …
My boss complimented my performance at work today. I didn’t feel like I was doing anything special in particular today or for the last few months really. But apparently unbeknownst to me I had been doing better work and working better with the team. These were not conscious changes that I had been working to …
My design process has evolved over time but I feel I have hit a particularly solid groove that might help inspire your process. This all starts with the design which I tend to just make notes and layout the general approach in notion. This is where I think through each mechanic and try to spot …
You did it, you came up with the absolute perfect board game idea. Congratulations that is quite the achievement, though not to burst your bubble but have you tried it yet? Playtesting your game the first time will generally result in you realizing massive gaps in your idea at least for me so if you …
Building a board game production business has been a challenge to say the least…. And will continue to be a challenge since I still have a long ways to go. It all began with a product since you cannot have a business without something to sell. Designing a game for the first time is a …
