Your video game hates you. Every time you add a new feature, three others will break, often in hilarious ways. Pieces don't work the way they're supposed to. Nothing is balanced properly the first time. Textures get stretched.
There is no secret formula for coming up with great game ideas. However, we came up with a very specific creative process that guided us in designing our game's various mechanics--stealing from other game designers... "Creative Stealing."
I agree with both of you, Bart and Adam. All of the facts should be laid out, and I think it's right to include comparison screenshots, so that the reader has context for the argument. At the same time, the placement of the image in that particular spot does have ...
I'm replaying through Pok mon Yellow Version at the moment, so this article jumped out at me. The design in Yellow and, I suppose, most Pok mon games puts you in a situation wherein you realize that you should spread experience points across a team, instead of over-leveling just one ...
Excellent article, Keith. I feel as though you've articulated many of the things that I've been thinking about recently while working on my first game which is going to be a sort of competitive multiplayer game in the same vein as Bomberman, albeit with a different core mechanic . One ...
