I don’t remember much, actually. I do know that most of the design was ultimately blizzard; which is why it’s way more complicated that we’d make on our own
I'm a centrist - meaning, I strike a very careful balance between criticizing the left and defending the right.
Because sex sells but Cool Whip smells.
I don’t make the rules, I’m merely here to educate
Because we have COOL WHIP and you poor Americans shall remain eternally jealous
I know more about finance than I ever wanted to.
This is not a flex, rather a lament.
“Welcome to the Wolfram an Hart customer service line. To sacrifice loved one, or pet, please dial 9”
Nothing wakes you up quite like blowing a spicy kernel of byriani rice out your nose
Oops accidentally clicked like on a Daily Show clip and instantly my youtube is nothing but USA ragebait
Finally, and hopefully obvious
Any claim of “(method) is the correct way to (result)”
Is instantly bullshit
It’s art. Experiment!
Most commonly effective way to tap broad intuition is to reference games (particularly folk games or sports) and primal play patterns
Which is why you see so many pitches like “scrabble but X / Taboo but Y, chess but Z”
Also why every playful TikTok trend ever is coming to Target shelves
This *can* be true for more complex games based on complex themes aimed squarely at hobby gamers
But even then, it’s *one* way among many to leverage player intuition
Mafia de Cuba is *this* close to being my favourite social deduction game of all time.
Unfortunately I feel it’s overdesigned and the theme is too high fidelity at the expense of trope.
There aren’t any design “mistakes” - it’s just too fragile and needs perfect play or 💩💩
Soooo close, and yet
Shit I couldn’t distinguish which of four dudes you meant.
Which
Yeah
Fresh fruit juices, baby.
I like it way better than azul. The theme does a lot of work for me in this one
Tropical thunderstorms are my favourite weather
Ack do I have to get a Switch 2 nooooooo 😭
First game I sourced and developed for exploding kittens!
The designers (Ken and Jeremy) are stupid good at this kind of game
I keep forgetting how YOUNG all you youngins are 💀💀💀
“As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat
And lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine
And feed it with our babies”
- Iron Maiden, “2 Minutes to Midnight”
Btw when Blood Rage Valhalla becomes available at retail, I highly recommend trying it
I know it’s kinda weird for a designer to brag on his own game
But I feel it got prejudged during crowdfunding
The game is good. Real good. And different enough from BR to stand alone
All IMHO of course
So much! And the unhelpful rally “just do stuff that brings you joy!” Sounds a lot like “just be a different person”
Gained some hot momentum on a game I’m working on.
Saw one news clip. One clip. Lost it all. Trainwreck.
News in its current form should be illegal
I’m not even kidding
Will always be spellbound by the Malaysian sunset
Convention Organizers:
If you have invite a guest from a minority demographic
👏Invite👏them👏to👏participate👏in👏more👏than👏just👏the👏diversity👏panel👏
PLEASE
AND
THANK
YOU
About a month ago I purged my games in progress again - everything without a deadline attached went to the bin
Still have like 6 active games in the mix
Sorry all—I just don’t have any spoons for WW3 shit, so Ima just talk games for a bit and pray for all our souls
The only prescriptive advice I’ll give young designers:
Make games only you could make.
Don’t ask me what I mean by that, cos you either already know - or you’ll figure it out.
Playing Wrath of Fire Mountain first time in a few months.
I love this game so much.
