In this episode I am looking at the impact of complexity on games and how to keep the complexity while reducing the problems. Continue reading Will Glow the Wisp – Devlog 21 – Complexity in Games

In the newest episode I go over how randomness impacts games and what kind of randomness there is. In the end I throw around some very rough game ideas, that try to apply the stuff i talked about. Continue reading Will Glow the Wisp – Devlog 20 – Randomness in games

In this episode I take a look at the board game mechanic drafting, see how it is applied in video games and what the future might hold.   Continue reading Devlog 19 – Drafting Games

In the newest episode I will go into how stories in games evolved and where I think it will go. I also tell some of my story based game ideas. If you enjoyed or hated the new format I would be happy if you could tell me. Continue reading Devlog 18 – Narrative in Games

This time I focus on a prototype that I build on the weekend (thanks to bittwyst for the inspiration), after discussing what went wrong, I also go over some guidelines to create a successful casual puzzle game. Continue reading Will Glow the Wisp – Devlog 17 – Prototyping a Casual Puzzler

This week i did a couple of bug fixes (performance problems) and created a couple of characters. In addition i implemented a pause menu and prototyped some mechanics which i dropped later. In the YouTube video i go over all that and i am talking about how low friction controls can influence other parts of your game (where is it good and what traps to … Continue reading Will Glow the Wisp – Devlog 15 – Frictionless Controls and Characters