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Peter DrakeThe <a href="https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@SolarpunkPrompts</a> interview with <a href="https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@adapalmer</a> is FASCINATING.<a href="https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a>

Lone SpelunkerDoing more testing on my papercraft miniatures skirmish game tonight! My group has stumbled upon some necromancers performing a ritual while a baleful revenant watches from the shadows…<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tabletop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/papercraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#papercraft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skirmishgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skirmishgames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wargames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wargames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wargaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wargaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solorpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solorpg</a>

Jeannie NovakHere's a link to the Novy Unlimited Roguelike Compilation video!Novy knows roguelikes. And a bunch of other genres, too! Check out some of the incredible games we've launched since 2011 🎮<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Zcgyib1eQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Zcgyib1eQ</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/roguelike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roguelike</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/roguelite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roguelite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameplay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videogame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiegame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiegames</a>

Cezar Capacle | Game DesignerNew cover and project reveal!TA-DAAAAAASay hello to 'Weird, Whimsy & Wonder'A toolkit designed to elevate your mundane encounters, NPCs, locations, creatures and more into unforgettable moments.How so?1/X<a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/solorpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solorpg</a>

Álvaro GarcíaInteresting video: "Jeff Vogel: Making Games Alone For 30 Years, Unity vs Custom Engine, Indie Survival" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9zYiHllEcU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9zYiHllEcU</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a>

ManuGame design, JDS

Dominik DammerNow that my game released on steam, I am looking for a new long term opportunity to work as a game designer.If you need a (freelance) Game designer, hit me up!here you can see my cool stuff <a href="http://dominik-dammer.de/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://dominik-dammer.de/</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameDeveloper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDeveloper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Gamescom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gamescom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameDevJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDevJob</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indieGameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indieGameDev</a>

Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)In board game design it's important to give your players options. Discuss.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/BoardGAmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoardGAmes</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TabletopGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TabletopGames</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a>

Electric Airship✨My interview with LINTILION is up- Toronto-based composer, gaming historian, and creator of SHRINESPARK. Truly one of my favorite developers, a passionate and divergent thinker. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jRPG</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndieDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a>

Craig PI was thinking a bit more about my Not-Star-Citizen MMO, and the idea of noncombat play.A lot of space ships are things like hospital ships, science ships, passenger liners, and so on. But none of those capabilities are typically reflected in the game, so you have literally useless ships.I was thinking about ways to make that kind of play fun, and my thinking is:Your ship is a PLACE. It has a floor plan.Using that floorplan is the noncombat gameplay. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameDesign</a> 🧵

Jonas R. (er/ihm)Game design idea: Your computer is in danger. You play files going on a (digital fantasy) adventure to save it.Choose a file name extension. That's your character class. As a group, decide the kind of danger you're facing. Decide on the binary outcome array by choosing two of these possibilities: Yes, and Yes, but Not, but No, and During play, you may reveal details about your character (file name, file contents, age...). Save your world and have fun.<a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.pnpde.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a>

SiwerskiRed Mage Tactics - a card design I made some time ago. Red Mage is a GM-less roleplaying game system for 1-3 players by Chamomile (a.k.a ChamomileHasAdventures). Any interested adventurers can find it on DriveThruRPG and Itch. - <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/gameart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gameart</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalart</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/boardgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boardgame</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/cardgame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cardgame</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/roleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roleplaying</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tabletop</a>

CODEMODDBeyond Mechanics: How Story Becomes the Soul of Game Design (Plus a FREE Game to Prove It!)Beyond mechanics, what truly makes a game unforgettable? It's the story! Discover how weaving narrative into every game design choice creates experiences that linger long after play. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storytelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlayerExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlayerExperience</a>Ready To Play? (FREE GAME INCLUDED)<a href="https://codemodd.blogspot.com/2025/07/beyond-mechanics-how-story-becomes-soul_2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codemodd.blogspot.com/2025/07/beyond-mechanics-how-story-becomes-soul_2.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FREE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FREE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HTML</a>

Da_Gut<a href="https://playtonics.net/2025/06/30/dredd/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://playtonics.net/2025/06/30/dredd/</a>An absolutely smashing podcast episode of designing a session to emulate something - in this case one of the Judge Dredd Movies. Rule choices, structure choices, are covered. Great episode! <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/playtonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#playtonics</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/rpgdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpgdesign</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a>

martinA solid post by Dwiz about speeding up and slowing down time in RPGs: <a href="https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2025/06/seven-part-pact-time.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2025/06/seven-part-pact-time.html</a>My homebrew rules require a week's downtime to do things like heal fully and level up. This brings the passage of months and seasons into dungeon delving. I also wanted to make leaving the dungeon to rest have a much greater impact on dungeon restocking / factions acting, so the party have more pressure to push on and take risks. <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#osr</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/KnightAtTheOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KnightAtTheOpera</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a>

Joe WelchThe night before going public with a new game is always an exciting and slightly nervous feeling. Got a week full of teasers to drop starting tomorrow. I can’t wait! <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/mtb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mtb</a>

CommunicationGames🥳 The Finalists for this year's game design challenge have two weeks from today to submit their completed video games about communication!We will be sharing info about this year's judges tomorrow.<a href="https://games.ngo/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communication</a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prevention</a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/masscommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#masscommunication</a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/communicationscholars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@communicationscholars</a>

Joe WelchI’m so excited to be starting a new game studio to develop a mountain biking game. It’s gonna be a wild couple of years! I think I’ll use this account to post some stories and updates along the way. Cranked by Session Syndicate. Coming soon™️<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/mtb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mtb</a>

toddmedemaQuestion: if you were going to make a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a> game about the future of farming and food prep at scale, what would it feature? How would it work? If the standard capitalist game model is a tycoon-style game where you're earning money to build things, research things, expand, exploit... What's the antidote? But in mechanics that still appeal to those who like city/factory building-style games? It feels like there is a profound tension between solarpunk ideas of community and sustainability, vs builder/simulation games that focus on control and growth. I'm stumped on how to resolve it, but I really want to, because there must be builder games in the future!<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameDesign</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoGames</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Games</a>

JanketteCombatitive card game idea: "fish fear me" One player is the fisher, all other players are fish. Remove all face cards from the deck, they aren't used in this game. The fisher sets three cards in front of them that represents three different rods they have set up attached to their boat or the shore. The fisher then draws a hand of 5 cards from the remaining. Then all fish can draw their own hand of three cards. Remaining cards are set aside where all players can reach. Fish can draw more cards at any time but cant have more than 4. The fisher can draw cards at any time the fish aren't and cant have more than 5 at once. Fish can place nibble cards adjacent to any of the rod cards the fisher placed. If the nibble cards' face value collectively exceed as a total the face value of the rod cards the fish can try to take the rod card once they have place another card on any other rod. Cards can only be placed at a rod one at a time and with only the player's most dominant hand. The fisher can place additional cards on a rod card to increase the total face value of the rod. If the fish attempt to take a rod with more face value than their nibble pile they are hooked and out of the game. If a fish attempts to take a rod with less or equal face value than their nibble pile play continues with that rod inaccessible to the fisher to make any further plays. The cards from both the taken rod and nibble pile are put back into the draw pile. If no rods remain, the fish win, with any fish that got hooked losing. If no fish remain the fisher wins. If the draw pile runs out of cards and all fish run out of cards the game is a draw as winning at fishing takes patients. <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/Game%20design" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Game-design</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/i%20started%20thinking%20about%20this%20yesterday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#i-started-thinking-about-this-yesterday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/decided%20to%20try%20expanding%20the%20design%20into%20the%20play%20space%20that%20'speed'%20is%20in" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decided-to-try-expanding-the-design-into-the-play-space-that-'speed'-is-in</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/combatitive%20fainting%20is%20a%20feature%20i%20like%20in%20other%20games" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#combatitive-fainting-is-a-feature-i-like-in-other-games</a>

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