I’m Tynan Sylvester, game design dude extraordinaire. I'm a game designer at 2K Boston, the developer of BioShock. My main site is at tynansylvester.com.
I don’t like lugging around the cultural legacy of Space Invaders whenever I try to explain to laypeople exactly what I’ve chosen to spend my life creating.
I hope not. As Mr. Whitfield noted, points are basically a cheesy way of making sure people always have a few unspent dollars that they've given you. Using a trust company for purchasing points. Valve isn't going bust any time soon - Or you could just use U.S. Dollars. The ...
This comment is addressed to Kevin Kissell. I have done the exact same thing you are doing. So did my buddy Leo, as he mentioned. I spent years on it. I have written design docs for mods made with several people, indie projects I made myself, and for parts of ...
I'm surprised you didn't mention naive playtesters. In my opinion, they're the only way to really expose all your readability problems. You can try not to do anything too crazy in the design process, but you'll always miss things. As you said, your perspective is irrevocably different from first-time players. ...
Allow me to bloviate a bit. Even, perhaps, get a little philosophical. This is something I've been considering recently. I think you're touching on something deeper than the overuse of math in games. The real issue you've highlighted is the difference between our mental models of the universe and the ...
Christopher Wragg: when you try to dress up the name so it appears more serious and legitimate all you become is pretentious. Totally true, which is why I'm not trying to coin a new word. It would feel forced and fail epically, so I've chosen to simply bitch about it ...
