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Have you ever wondered how to define the initial s

Have you ever wondered how to define the initial state or layout of your game? Thinking about it early in the development of your game will help you a lot to identify problems that your players can encounter while playing the game.

Along with the player's main objective, the initial state of your game (either board or digital) must be clearly communicated and must support the rules and the objective of your game.

Have you ever played a game of chess with variations? What was your experience? Tell us in the comments!

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Playing can be seen as not important or just as a

Playing can be seen as not important or just as a pastime. But play (and games) have a very important part to play in the development of the human being, imagination and creation.

But there is another component of play that we usually forget about. Failing is also part of playing. Both in games and in life, sometimes we fail. But failing is a ladder that will eventually lead to success. It's important to don't escape from your mistakes. After you fail at something, sit down, evaluate the experience, gather insights and move on with the new acquired knowledge.

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Motivation is a pretty important element to take i

Motivation is a pretty important element to take into account, both to make players start playing your game, as well as to maintain them playing.

Self-determination theory or SDT is a good starting point to analyze and devise systems to motivate your players. It's based on three pillars: Competence, Autonomy and Relatedness (the mnemonic CAR helps me to remember them 🚗)

Competence is about making your players feel skillful and that the objectives presented by the game are achievable with the tools and skills that they have, or at least, they know how to improve in order to achieve them.

Autonomy makes your players feel like it's THEIR experience. They feel in full control of it. Giving them ways to personalize the gameplay (like skill trees or cosmetic personalization) will help them a lot, what is called the IKEA effect.

Last but not least, Relatedness is about make your players connected with each other, both in cooperation and competition. Giving them opportunities to connect, like chats, leaderboards or guilds are quite helpful, but more subtle ways can work too, like achievements or even sharing options.

So, are you using CAR 🚗 to motivate your players?

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What makes Before We Leave so interesting? How doe

What makes Before We Leave so interesting? How does the Economy of the game works?

Find out in our latest blog.

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EDIT: I noticed the Figma slide was missing info!

EDIT: I noticed the Figma slide was missing info! 😅 The summary of Figma; PROS: super versatile, useful for mockups and diagrams and is easy to collaborate; CONS: can be difficult to understand if you don't have previous experience using similar software.

Most of the time, the best way to test and present your designs is using a tool that will allow you to put your design to test (Because let's be honest, many times when put to test, the designs in our heads results to be somethings completely different to what we have imagined, or it just doesn't work at all 🤷)

To help you, I have listed the 5 tools that have worked for me in most of my projects. Which of these did you know? What has been your experience using them? Do you use other tools?

Let me know in the comments!

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Learning to express yourself is one important part

Learning to express yourself is one important part of being a Game Designer. From the concrete to the abstract, a game designer needs to be clear so the whole team can understand and implement the game vision.

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Do you want to unleash your true potential as a Ga

Do you want to unleash your true potential as a Game Designer?

Use the code JULYFREE to get our course for free!

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A note: It's commonly said that you have to implem

A note: It's commonly said that you have to implement the tutorial last. Although this is commonly true, this doesn't mean that you need to start THINKING and DESIGNING your tutorial last. At the contrary, the tutorial should be one of the first things in your mind while designing a game.

Make a list of what you need to teach early in the development cycle. Remember that tutorial (and onboarding) is one of the most important experiences to design correctly in your game. In the end, the only certainty that you have is that your player will start your game from the tutorial!

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Scope creep is one of the most pervasive practices

Scope creep is one of the most pervasive practices in the industry, and the cause of most the delays through the development of a game.

Sometimes it's easier in the short-term to add everything you want to your game, but you will pay the cost in the long-term. So I invite you to simplify your games and make the necessary speak. You can always add a DLC with the unnecessary later! 😜

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Have you played Into The Breach? If you did, you s

Have you played Into The Breach? If you did, you surely wonder if this is a turn-based strategy or a puzzle game. You are not alone. Let's explore "Dynamic Puzzles" and how they are put into motion in this amazing game.

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