Constrain Your Design

Design is important for your game. How the game is designed will determine much of the final product. To make the final product better, add constraints.   Life Of An Artist Artists don’t just draw anything. Artists draw things they’ve seen or...

Embrace Constraints To Bring More Into Your Game

Did you know, if you give people too many options, they will be paralyzed by the thought of losing one of the options? This is why if someone gives you too many options, you may not choose any of them. This manifests itself in other ways as well. FOMO (Fear of Missing...

Flashbacks

Introduction As developers, the most important thing we have to worry about is the player experience; how our design decisions affect the player. As a player, there is one thing I hate: flashbacks. Flashbacks are scenes that have happened earlier in or before the...

What Is Fun?

Have you ever fought a boss and at the end felt it was an awesome experience? Have you played a multiplayer game and crushed the enemy team by a slim margin? I’m sure you know that amazing feeling afterward like your life was on the line. I can guarantee these...

How To Create Uncanny Characters

Jump scares, creepy stalkers, animals attacking, and anything life-threatening is scary. Yea, a movie about a serial killer might make you paranoid for a bit, but it doesn’t last very long. You know how it goes; the thought gets to you, but you can easily...