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Formal Format for Documenting the Game Design Process
Is there a formal format for documenting the game design process?
Before you answer with "The Game Design Document (GDD), of course!", in my opinion (and lots of people's opinions as well, I think) a ...
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A game for two. Should I make it playable by more?
I am developing a strategy game for two players. It is something
somehow in the line of 1960: The Making of the
President
(but less complicated and with a quicker gaming rhythm…) Both the theme
and ...
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Playing Risk in an arbitrary graph
A Risk board represents the map of the world, or of Europe. Thus, it implies some constraints for example on the connectedness of a territory.
I would like to explore how graph theory could help your ...
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Tri-dimensional board games: How does the additional dimension extend possible player requirements & game structure?
Recently I saw the Star Trek chess game in a serial and looked it up on wikipedia. It exists as a real game, but it seems it's not too popular, too tricky, too unwieldy to carry and play everywhere, ...
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What set of attributes can be used to describe, compare and contrast various board games?
A recent question about a good mix of board games got me thinking about how one could even objectively define "a good mix".
My idea is to try and define a set of attributes that could describe, ...