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Showing the Splendor of South Africa in Beautiful Desolation
My name is Chris Bischoff, and my brother and I created Beautiful Desolation. The transformation of South Africa from the apartheid government to ...
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In Other Waters, or How Not to Get Lost in the Ocean of (Mostly) Solo Development
In Other Waters was born in the turquoise waters of the Aegean. It was 2017, and I was on the Greek peninsula of ...
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Tiny Metal Is Inspired by Japanese Pacifism, Syrian Refugees, and Big Dreams
I’m a musician by training. I moved from Japan to Australia when I was young, and I studied music in university, eventually moving ...
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How a Hollywood Actress Created a Latina Superhero for Comics & Games
In 2008, I had just completed a TV show, The Shield, and a movie, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. I started ...
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As Notre Dame Burned, Developing This War of Mine: Fading Embers Took On Graver Meaning for Us
Fading Embers is the crowning episode of Stories DLC — a set of narrative-driven scenarios for This War of Mine. First there was ...
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Humanity Is at the Bottom of the Cosmic Food Chain in the Tabletop RPG Black Void
In this edition of From the Developer we asked Christoffer Sevaldsen, designer of the tabletop RPG Black Void, to write about how he ...
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Naps Don’t Heal Stab Wounds: How Zweihander Grim & Perilous RPG Distinguishes Itself from D&D
“What does grim & perilous gaming even mean?” This is a question I usually hear as someone lifts up the 4.5-pound Zweihander Grim & ...
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Developing Warriors of Waterdeep: How Many Owlbears Is Too Many?
Developing Warriors of Waterdeep, an official Dungeons & Dragons mobile game, at Ludia boiled down to answering one simple question: How many owlbears ...
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From the Developer: How We Developed Koral While Sailing The Seas
No two video games are developed the exact same way. This is especially true of the underwater puzzle adventure game, Koral. Game lead, ...
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That Dragonborn Feel: How I Turned Elder Scrolls Into a Board Game
I’m an unabashed Elder Scrolls fan. There! I said it. I’ve played every game in the series since Daggerfall — which devoured far ...
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Magic: The Gathering Arena: We are the Players Who Change the Game
MIT recently declared something about Magic: The Gathering that most players have known for over 25 years: MTG is HARD. Their recent study established ...
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How The Refuge: Terror from the Deep Tries to Nail Both Co-Op and Solo Play
It’s August 2018 and we’re at GenCon. “What about a solo mode?” asks Floyd Lu, creative director of B&B Games Studios. We’re in ...