Topics in Game Design

A forum for discussion of the principles of good game design. We'll explore the elements that are common to good (and bad!) games. Discussions will typically try to synthesize commonalities between several games, but "case studies" may o...

Topic	Replies	Views	Created	Last reply
More Game Design or Less?	19	1994	by Jay103 04/22/2020 - 11:33	by Jay103 05/04/2020 - 10:02
Foreshadowing Random Events	5	1123	by ananda 11/26/2019 - 19:06	by Biggle Bear 04/23/2020 - 14:14
Matching Costs with Rewards in Game Procedures	1	943	by ananda 12/05/2019 - 19:10	by Warklaxon 12/06/2019 - 09:09
how do i find games that have been sold and then discontinued	10	657	by super-ape games 11/30/2019 - 18:03	by questccg 12/02/2019 - 20:50
Simple Interactions Heuristic	13	701	by ananda 11/13/2019 - 20:34	by questccg 11/16/2019 - 18:35
In Praise of Roll n' Writes	4	883	by let-off studios 08/30/2019 - 09:36	by let-off studios 09/12/2019 - 15:57
Personal Challenge: 18 cards only [Page 1, 2]	33	2488	by Aspirinsmurf 09/19/2018 - 13:19	by Aspirinsmurf 07/25/2019 - 11:57
Article: Levels of Game Design (2-3 min read)	1	815	by Tim Blank 04/26/2019 - 09:48	by Jay103 04/26/2019 - 12:53
Graphic designer and Illustrator AVAILABLE	0	671	by adeleandthebeast 03/13/2019 - 06:26	n/a
PLAY MORE GAMES!	23	1195	by Squinshee 01/13/2019 - 12:59	by wob 01/24/2019 - 09:59
What brought you to game design, motivation?	11	1189	by fjohnz 10/17/2018 - 20:57	by wob 10/26/2018 - 11:01
Feelings on different sized cards in games	9	1467	by LoveInPaintCreations 06/20/2018 - 19:36	by wob 10/04/2018 - 07:33
Social Voting with deeper gameplay?	10	1618	by Corsaire 12/15/2017 - 12:31	by Aspirinsmurf 09/28/2018 - 13:50
Final Poll To Name My Game!	14	1435	by LoveInPaintCreations 08/10/2018 - 08:25	by LoveInPaintCreations 09/04/2018 - 15:43
Adults in Children's Games	15	1386	by FrankM 04/18/2018 - 15:38	by Corsaire 04/19/2018 - 23:10
Inside Game Design Series	2	1237	by Tyson 03/12/2018 - 11:49	by Tyson 03/28/2018 - 13:01
Are there games similar to mine?	1	1008	by Xuper 02/17/2018 - 13:36	by lewpuls 02/18/2018 - 08:41
What is the hardest part of game creation, and what's your solution?	7	1323	by MAR 01/24/2018 - 22:27	by questccg 01/25/2018 - 20:43
Who are the best game designers?	13	1985	by Gabe 10/16/2017 - 12:24	by X3M 10/19/2017 - 15:36
Victory First Game Design	2	1197	by Alex Lockhart 08/22/2017 - 12:04	by spaff 08/22/2017 - 17:23
Would you play an open world board game? [Page 1, 2, 3]	75	5968	by Gabe 03/27/2017 - 19:22	by The Odd Fox 07/26/2017 - 01:19
Should every game of considerable length have a quick run-through section	5	1092	by cloa513 07/21/2017 - 20:15	by Super-Tooned 07/22/2017 - 02:09
Non game-design design books I recommend	2	1606	by tikey 05/17/2017 - 14:52	by let-off studios 05/19/2017 - 16:24
How do you design? [Page 1, 2]	35	3822	by krone9 02/04/2017 - 06:31	by polyobsessive 04/25/2017 - 10:30
Addictive games, why (not) (!)(?)	16	2383	by X3M 08/22/2016 - 18:37	by Rick L 04/13/2017 - 02:02