YoraAs someone with a lot of hobby pen and paper RPG design experience:
How does one even design mechanics for a videogame that isn't an RPG?
bobcgames (he/him)Bob: "I want to write a scene that takes place in a grocery store"
Also Bob: "But that means I'd need to commission a grocery store background, which means money"
Also also Bob: "Do I think I'll write enough scenes in a grocery store that I should commission this background? Argh maybe I'll slot it in later if I decide I do, but then I'd have to rework everything that depends on this scene now..."
Can we just have infinite money to commission art please? 😬​
Emily C Taylor"Level design is 5% designing a level, 15% communication, and 80% finding the one tick box that breaks everything if you don't tick it"
#OverheardInTheOffice #GameDevProblems #GameDev
#OverheardInTheOffice #GameDevProblems #GameDev
My #LinkedIn page: senior game designer with tons of experience creating non-combat quest content, crafting and housing systems in MMOs
Recruiters: you are desperately needed to make compelling combat and arena layouts on this single-player Dark Souls spiritual successor
🤔🙄
Tuomo T
Sam Seltzer-JohnstonI was even thinking of writing a blog post on it because the range of shit I figured out is not documented anywhere and I haven't seen any tips out there regarding the #optimization of #navigation #invokers. I just feel so discouraged now because I don't wanna share something that's actually useless or bad to even attempt to use. Yaknow? #GameDevProblems #UnrealEngine
Drewid - We Are Not Alone DevAnother Wednesday means another indie dev log! This week I talk about the changes I’ve made and give advice to others on what not to do.
Hope you enjoy!
Go ahead, change your game | Dev Log
https://youtu.be/gfS8bIFmv7o
Go ahead, change your game | Dev Log
Manuel CorreiaThis is very true, exclusivity clauses are the first thing I look for when I approach a new contract. Either it goes, or I go.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5va43/noncompete-contracts-video-game-industry
#gamedev #GameDevProblems
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5va43/noncompete-contracts-video-game-industry
#gamedev #GameDevProblems
Antoine Sarrazin 
Sometimes, working in the games industry is super hard.
Weirdly enough, I spend most of my time trying to advocate for the player experience and using the code of gameplay to tell a narrative.
But nowadays, people are either not understanding the concept of "gameplay" or challenge, and are too focused on doing cutscene tondo exposition. And then "add a puzzle here and there"...
Is there a single game company/studio that actually knows how to make games?
Why aren’t you making your game? What’s stopping you? This week I dig into a very important issue:
