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IdleCultivation

Oct 25

"Minute 42: notes from a game pacing design pass with a stopwatch"

#gamedesign #playtesting #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 25

"Writing game quests: a stake up front, an afterglow at turn-in"

#gamedesign #writing #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 25

"Procedural generation in games: where the scatter has to stop"

#gamedesign #procgen #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 25

"A week of idle RPG balancing: percentage damage reduction had to go"

#gamedesign #balancing #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 25

"An idle game UX pass: every hint should carry its number"

#gamedesign #ux #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 25

"Game feel design: making an idle game notice the player's big moments"

#gamedesign #gamefeel #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 25

Level design lessons from the first tile a player stands on

#gamedesign #leveldesign #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

Rahim Khan

Oct 25

We let a random tapper decide how hard each level of our cat puzzle game is

#gamedev #gamedesign #csharp #indiedev

4 min read

WizCodes

Oct 23

How to Add Leaderboards to Mobile Game (Fairly)

#mobilegames #gamedesign #playerretention

5 min read

Oct 23

Designing offline progress and auto-battles for a messenger game

#gamedev #telegram #gamedesign #indiegame

2 min read

Rahim Khan

Oct 21

Our cat puzzle game wasn't fun until we added one rule

#gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev #unity3d

2 min read

Ivy

Oct 21

Endless Legend 2's city layer isn't too complex. It's too solved.

#discuss #gamedev #gamedesign #ux

1 min read

Sohachi for badjoke-lab

Oct 20

How Do You Turn a Non-AI Race Agent Into Gameplay?

#ai #blockchain #gamedev #gamedesign

6 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 17

Hiding what a player cannot use yet, without hiding the quest

#gamedesign #ux #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

IdleCultivation

Oct 14

Designing an item that exists because players get lost

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev #devlog

4 min read

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