Please boost for reach! Which would you prefer from a self-funded indie game studio that can't afford translation services:

1) Don't translate the game at all. Just leave it in English.
2) Use LLMs to translate the games, but have a crowdsourcing system to correct errors.
3) Have a crowdsourcing system and only make languages available when the crowd completes them.

On #violence in #solarpunk #writing and #gameDesign :

It's not about the amount of violence, but its role within the story / game.

It's not supposed to be a _solution_ to anything - it only generates trauma and complicates the problem, unless there is a systemic solution to the underlying systemic cause.

Solarpunk is about building alternatives, not only destroying what's wrong today without imagining what to do next.

It was quite an important part of our #ttrpg #rpg workshop.

Yesterday I led a #solarpunk #ttrpg #gameDesign workshop - https://alxd.org/build-a-better-world-jam.html as a part of https://itch.io/jam/build-a-better-world-ttrpg-jam #gamejam !

It's available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuozcuXju8 and PeerTube - https://tube.tchncs.de/w/apk1VqSPFA5ymhj4Dpovpy

We discussed how to represent hope, communities, technology-as-infrastructure and its cultural effects in game mechanics, building stories which give players agency in the face of the overwhelming disasters.

What are games I should play that feature models or stories about COMMUNITIES?

Feel free to suggest the obvious ones (I'm not a prolific gamer), but I'm also interested in deep cuts and really heartfelt stuff. Simulations, interactive fiction, whatever!

So I've got my indie TTRPG, that's been in development way too long.

I finally broke up the main tome into 3 books, rulebook, bestiary, world (1 of several). Now I'm pondering if I should pull the GM stuff out, too. Where does it stop? Do I recreate OD&D's Men & Magic, Monsters & Treasures, Underworld & Wilderness Adventures, Greyhawk book cycle? (the game's not very OD&D-like)

Lingo Legend's gamification is the polar opposite of Duolingo.

Instead of getting guilt trips and threatening messages, you study to earn points towards running a little farm and going on adventures. It's truly charming and engaging.

#LingoLegend #Duolingo #GameDesign #Gamification #Language @gaming

Weird question.. there's a word or phrase, japanese I think, for a game mechanic where players will contribute to a global goal (but not in a multiplayer fashion)

Does anyone know it? I feel like it is a word repeated twice like kakukaku or something?

(I feel like it starts with an M though)

Any help appreciated, it's eating my brain!

Ready for a delightful afternoon of IRL connection and conversation in VanCity?

Join me for a Tea Social where we dive into all things #UXDesign, Marketing Psychology, #ProductManagement, and Game Dev!

Chat with Fernanda Nauata #GameDesign expert this Sunday, May 11th, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM PDT.

Let's sip tea, share stories, and build our amazing community!
You can check out all the details and RSVP below.

https://lu.ma/5so4marf

Found some time to blog lately and wrote about map distances being misleading, how the sense of space is much more about travel time than the physical distance

https://cxong.github.io/2025/04/the-map-is-not-the-territory

This seems obvious but time and time again maps mislead us - the map is not the territory, particularly when modes of transport are considered. There's some useful tips for #gamedev too here - fast travel / shortcuts make players feel powerful, and is a great way to do player progression.

Hi, I'm Jean! After being here for a year without one, it's time for an #introduction.

I'm a #gamedesign student. Most recently I've been working on a team of 22 amazing people, developing an Alice in Wonderland-themed roguelike.

I'm a quiet person and tend to think slowly. I like being in the sun and reading fiction. For fiction, usually comedy but lately action-romance. I do cooking and baking although my favorite is eating. My other interests include writing, accessibility, and mermaids.

#voidheartSymphony is not directly a #solarpunk game, but this interview at https://www.rascal.news/fighting-fascists-is-a-community-project-in-voidheart-symphony/ has a few really, really good highlights for #community #gameDesign in #games :

"First, the framing around your contacts has been shifted to be more mutual: you only get power from them so long as they believe that you can create a better world, and maintaining that faith is an active process. Second, I’m working on rules for your crew to actively protect and support their local community (...)"

I'm compiling a list of #solarpunk #gameDesign and #gameDev resources for the participants of the latest Day Zero: Solarpunk Game Jam

https://board.net/p/r.2a0734bb767c0f67f28460a81533fe51

Would you add anything to the list?

The games themselves are in the first post linked.

More on the jam: https://itch.io/jam/day-zero-games-solarpunk-jam - video games only, non-violent, climate-based.

IGN points out that Xenoblade Chronicles X has enemies that will ignore you as long as you do not attack them. That's an interesting mechanic indeed and one that I only saw in Final Fantasy XIII so far and it was confusing at first since it was only introduced after dozens of hours. Horizon has something similar with enemies that will flee.
Gameranx recently made a video about games where enemies can get scared and run away. That's another example of more interesting enemy mechanics.
#gameDesign

https://stonemaiergames.com/the-darkest-timeline/

StoneMaier Games has a good explanation on how the 54% US tariff on #TTRPG and #boardGame s printed in China will impact the game market, #gameDesign and #publishing of #games

I have done some more writing, thinking, reviewing and refactoring on my GDD. I really like how it turns out and how the project starts to feel tangible and game-like.

Check the first module: Piloting!

#gamedev #gamedesign #indiegame #solodev #ttrpg #space #spacegame

https://github.com/roalyr/GDTLancer-game-design

Prowadzę dziś warsztaty z rysowania izometrycznych mapek :) są całkowicie nieprzydatne ale fajnie wyglądają.
18:30 warszawa. Siedziba stowarzyszenia Avangarda Targowa 66/22.
Wstęp oczywiście wolny.