Game Practice Dev Logs

Devlog

• Dev Log 11: Post-Production
  April 04, 2022 by MisterSpectre#post-mortem, #postmortem, #design, #game, #game design, #gamification, #game hacks, #board game, #hacks, #board, #board game baboons, #finished game, #production, #post-production, #achievements, #accomplishments, #metrics of success, #playtesting, #fun, #entertainment, #education, #edutatinment

  Introduction Boy-oh-boy it has been quite a year. Our board game, Game Hacks, is complete! There's still a lot we wanted to do with it before the deadline was here, but that's more work for another ti... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 10: Planning and Implementation
  March 21, 2022 by MisterSpectre#Player, #playtesting, #playtest, #test, #dev, #log, #playtester, #devlog, #developer, #developer log, #rules, #rewriting, #design, #design process, #implementation, #planning, #research, #testing, #finding fun, #improving fun, #fun, #game design, #game, #board game, #board, #hacks, #game hacks, #cybersecurity, #card game, #race, #multilateral competition

  Introduction This is a continuation of last week's dev log which you can find HERE . I mainly spoke about the great strides we've made over the course of the previous half-a-month in unearthing issues... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 9: Playtesting and Production II
  March 11, 2022 by MisterSpectre#player, #playtesting, #playtest, #test, #dev, #log, #devlog, #developer, #developer log, #sustain, #security, #sabotage, #triple-s, #production, #finding fun, #fun, #pillars, #design, #game, #game design, #board game, #board, #hacks, #game hacks, #cybersecurity, #changes, #improvements

  Introduction The team and I have been hard at work analyzing our game's actual design and have found it to be utterly lacking--that's on top of the last dev log that I posted. Most of those changes we... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 8: Playtesting and Production
  February 15, 2022 by MisterSpectre#dev, #log, #developer log, #dev log, #developer, #development, #development log, #board, #game, #board game, #game dev, #game development, #baboons, #board game baboons, #bgb, #design, #game design, #workflow, #game hacks, #rules, #rule, #rulebook, #rule book, #art, #art direction, #art style, #style, #production, #playtesting, #playtest, #test results, #playtest results, #results, #informed decisions, #good work, #good team, #fun game, #fun

  Introduction These past couple weeks have been jam packed with work. Even at the time of writing my last dev log, we were waist deep in production tasks and putting out fires. This dev log is going to... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 7: Pre-Production Principles
  January 30, 2022 by MisterSpectre#pre-production, #dev log, #dev, #log, #devlog, #developer log, #developer, #board game, #board, #game

  Introduction Today I'm discussing the principles of pre-production that have helped my team get through early stages of development with desirable results. We started off with a vague concept of a res... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 6: Learning Reflection - How will this prepare me for next semester?
  November 26, 2021 by MisterSpectre#Dev, #Dev Log, #Log, #Design, #Design Thinking, #Design Practice, #Practice, #Thinking, #Game Design, #Game, #Game Hacks, #Hacks, #Agile, #Method, #Methodology, #Design Methodology, #Steps, #RLSM, #Rapidly Learn and Structure Methods, #creative, #creative thinking, #process, #design process

  Introduction It's that time again. These dev logs have really helped me express and pin down my creative/design thinking processes that I've been using. A lot of what I've been learning and refining h... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 5: Scheduling My Work
  November 19, 2021 by MisterSpectre#design, #practice, #methodology, #design methodology, #game design, #game practice, #design practice, #game design methodology, #scheduling, #scheduling my work, #workflow, #schedules, #schedule, #PBS, #Product Breakdown Structure, #building a roadmap, #sprint methodology, #agile development, #agile, #prioritization, #story points, #story, #points, #task management

  Introduction Scheduling is important and it sets up the foundation for your whole workplan and methodology moving forward. Even as early as pre-production, you need to understand when your roles and r... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 4: User Centered Design
  November 13, 2021 by MisterSpectre#Game, #Game Design, #Design, #Practice, #Design Practice, #Pillars of Design, #Pillars, #Fairness, #Clarity, #Persona, #Market Demographics, #user, #user centered, #user centered design, #board game, #board game baboons, #board, #dev, #log, #dev log

  Introduction When it comes down to user centered designs, I often find that the best approach is to establish an idea of your user and then try to solve problems for them in relation to what you're de... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 3: Beat Mapping
  October 22, 2021 by MisterSpectre

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  #Beat map, #beat, #map, #beat chart, #chart, #game, #design, #board, #board game, #board game baboons, #baboons, #iteration, #process, #practice, #machinations.io, #machinations, #tiles, #cards, #dice, #die, #sequences of play

  Introduction It's time again for another Devlog of stuff I've been working on and what I've learned. It's been a while since the last one; 3 weeks in fact. Let's jump right into what I'm discussing th... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log 2: Project Proposal
  September 30, 2021 by MisterSpectre

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  #game, #design, #game design, #project, #proposal, #project proposal, #game design project, #game design project proposal, #design practice, #game practice, #project practice, #dev log, #dev, #log

  Introduction Another week, another dev log. This one in particular I'm quite excited about. The research that I did last week is now taking shape as a comprehensive game design, or at least the beginn... Continue reading
• Dev Log 1: Researching & Report Writing
  September 24, 2021 by MisterSpectre

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  #dev log, #dev-log, #research, #conversion therapy, #report, #research report, #report writing, #game, #practice, #game practice, #design, #design practice

  Introduction I wrote a report on conversion therapy and it's current existence within Canada. If you stumbled across this by clicking through most recently posted dev logs here on itch, you may be con... Continue reading