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bob2356.bsky.social

Design games for a living. Try to be a good human being otherwise. Game director | Game design and leadership consultant | Conlang creator | Starting my own studio | ex-Ubisoft, Riot Games | ENJMIN alumni | 🇸🇬

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I'm seeing a trend on this platform of game designers discussing the merits or lack thereof of game design models/methods as if they were recipes or plans to follow. Any model/method is nothing more than a 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹. What you do using it and whether it's relevant in your context is up to you! #gamedesign

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Genuine question: Are GDD as a single monolithic doc a thing in indie teams? I regularly see discussions here that seem to indicate so, and it's very surprising to me because in AAA, it has long been accepted as a bad practice. #gamedesign #gamedev

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Oh wow! 😍 Ubisoft released their colourblind simulation tool in open source! As an advocate for accessibility in games, and a colourblind person myself, I love the initiative! ubi.li/jAnK7 #gamedev

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

My friend Rahul had me over on his channel to discuss game design leadership, how to grow into a lead position, and a few other topics. Have a listen! youtu.be/dZX70LAA-Gg?... #gamedesign #gamedev

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Designing for competitive games is difficult: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. TeamFight Tactics 🐧 has very competitive players but a big part of the player base plays more casually. Here's how we tackled this for the Soul Brawl game mode (summer 2023) 🧵 #gamedesign #gamedev

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment