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A small team has a clever mechanic and a prototype that feels good, then stalls. The common mistakes making a puzzle game…

A designer has a rough grid puzzle and a friend willing to try it, but no plan for what to learn. Knowing…

Phase Pacing job Planning use Block-out Keep rough level layouts very simple so they are easy to modify Draft the whole level…

The machineers development blog is best read by theme first and by date second: pick the topic that matches your question, then read the posts on it from…