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Game Design and Theory
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Ideas for Items and Mechanics
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Timothy Sharp
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Tom Sloper
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Online competition for a turn-based RPG brainstorming
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Geonamic
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Old Soul
6 years ago
Advice
Feedback
Gameplay
Game Design and Theory
Chicago exact map
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JackDavoz
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JackDavoz
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Economic Development Simulation Game
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Sheldon jawline
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3
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conditi0n
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Avoiding overpowering the MC
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GuerrillaAndroid
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Jordan Hoffman
6 years ago
Character
Concept
Game Design and Theory
[IDEA] Modern Coffin
Started by
acrylicbunnies
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1
comment, last by
LorenzoGatti
6 years ago
PC
Game Design and Theory
Gamepad scheme for a game like Terraria/Starbound
Started by
AlanGameDev
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Use orbiting planets in 4x game?
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suliman
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22
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CrazyCdn
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Minigame for boarding combat (pirate game)
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suliman
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7
comments, last by
1024
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Monster Types in Monster Catching Games
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ShiftyCake
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2
comments, last by
Geonamic
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Game Design from Hell
Started by
NikitaSadkov
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
Inspiration for citybuilder game
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Gilles Meiresonne
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suliman
6 years ago
Game Design and Theory
A dog-training game idea
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supermikhail
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3
comments, last by
Stragen
6 years, 1 month ago
Feedback
Game Design and Theory
Passage of time in multiplayer games
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Wysardry
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Wysardry
6 years, 1 month ago
Gameplay
Theory
Game Design and Theory
Lackluster loot system? (long post)
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Geonamic
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comments, last by
Geonamic
6 years, 1 month ago
Feedback
Gameplay
Design
Game Design and Theory
Ideal themes for my fighting game
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RevanT1
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EeksGames
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
How to implement videogames the system of precision and evasion?
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Camarada Letlev
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2
comments, last by
frob
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
What are the key things that you need to cover in a tutorial for a multiplayer focused game?
Started by
GarlicDemon
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
My first videogame
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Frico
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15
comments, last by
EeksGames
6 years, 1 month ago
Mobile
3D
Unity
Game Design and Theory
What is the best video game HUD ever?
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ARF Initiative
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8
comments, last by
3drendering
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
I've got an idea...
Started by
Me16
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1
comment, last by
Prodigga
6 years, 1 month ago
PC
Unity
3D
Game Design and Theory
Dealing with Bias towards your own gameplay ideas & concepts
Started by
Kleric
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3
comments, last by
jbadams
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
Differentiating the elements of game design
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gameteacher
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6
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Tom Sloper
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
[In Dev FPS] Still unamed project in need of some idea
Started by
Ikkon
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3
comments, last by
Ikkon
6 years, 1 month ago
PC
Unreal
Game Design and Theory
How to keep a Tower Defense game entertaining?
Started by
TheCyberFlash
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7
comments, last by
Cheetaah
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
My idea about a turn based strategy game
Started by
liyu711
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4
comments, last by
TheCyberFlash
6 years, 1 month ago
2D
Unity
Game Design and Theory
Floating Arms or Full Body Awareness?
Started by
Sleeping Daemon
6 years, 1 month ago
Unreal
C++
Game Design and Theory
Roguelite card game design
Started by
Jamesgz
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1
comment, last by
LorenzoGatti
6 years, 1 month ago
PC
Unity
2D
Game Design and Theory
Procedural/Random Character Mutation
Started by
TexasJack
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1
comment, last by
TheCyberFlash
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
My list of characters for my fighting game.
Started by
RevanT1
6 years, 1 month ago
Game Design and Theory
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