“You don’t get it yet”, said the Ubisoft executive once more. — Gamers got triggered by NFTs today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I’ve seen this interview on the internet: “It’s really for them. It’s really beneficial. But they don’t get it for now.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday. On January 27th 2022, the Australian tech-finance website Finder…

What Makes A Great Choice in Games? — Games are at the crossroads of several arts; they’re able to provide a large range of emotions. What sorts them apart is their interactive nature: unlike other media, a game is essentially a series of choices. Great game designers aspire to craft the most exciting choices. This is even more…

What I Learned Making a Treasure Hunt Roll & Write Game — Chapter #3 — Everybody in the game industry knows that you must playtest a game during its development to improve it. There isn’t a single chance to make a functional & polished experience without putting it in players’ hands first. It shouldn’t be too hard to grab friends to play with you; they…

What I Learned Making a Treasure Hunt Roll & Write Game — Chapter #2 — What’s the difference between Monopoly and the new game I’m making? Monopoly isn’t much fun, but at least it’s simple. As explained in chapter 1, I built a cool riddle generator with Unreal Engine, a good first step for a pirate-themed treasure hunt. Throwing a bunch of mechanics together was…

What I Learned Making a Treasure Hunt Roll & Write Game — Chapter #1 — I’m obsessed with Roll & Writes. If you follow me, you already know that I wrote about this new genre here and listed my favourites here. …

Opinions on each Roll & Write in my collection, from worst to best — Roll & Write is one of my favourite board games genres, and I keep accumulating them. Since finding out about this peculiar way to play, I’ve been hunting for this keyword when browsing new releases & considering my future purchases. Lucky me, Roll & Write had a surge in popularity…

Here are three reasons they surged in popularity. — When I was ten, I badly wanted this game called King Arthur because 1) there were ads every time on the TV and 2) it had an electronic board that recognised where players’ pawns were and could recount events through a robotic voice. It felt like the pinnacle of innovation…

Studying the designers' choices that makes the board game Disney Villainous deep yet easy-to-grasp — I am 99% confident that if I can give a ball to a group of kids, they will invent a game (and I’m 1% confident they get it stuck somewhere right away). The game will probably be a sport derived from one we all know. …

The ‘Play as Anyone’ breakthrough hints at the extraordinary possibilities of open world design — Picture yourself playing the next instalment in your favourite open-world franchise (The Witcher or Grand Theft Auto for instance). As you’re roaming around, one passerby catches your interest. There is no icon; he doesn’t look like a merchant, a quest giver or a law enforcer. Nothing. …