After spending several year writing on my previous blog, I started to work on larger articles, focused on high level design concepts. These articles eventually led to me becoming published over at Gamasutra.
As more of my works are published, I’ll be updating this page with any new articles.
- Breaking the F2P Stigma or Understanding the Core Experience
- Wrapping up E3 2014
- Burst vs. Sustained Game Design
- Selling the Store for F2P Games
- The Changing State of Chargebacks in the Game Industry
- Making Sense of Premium Currency
- Making the Move: PC vs. Mobile Markets
- The State of Digital Stores for Indie Game Developers
- Multiple Methods of Micro Transactions in Game Design
- Why Analytics Matter in the Game Industry
- The Rift and the Steambox: What Designers Need to Know
- Gameplay Incentives for a Digital Market
- The State of Pricing in the Game Industry
- Understanding Microtransaction Pricing
- The MOBA Market Expansion
- Examining the E-Sports Impact on the Market
- The Devaluing of Game Design and its Market Impact
- The Cracks in Crowd-Funding and Kickstarter Concerns
- The Declining Retail Market and why Digital is Superior
- Selling Sales to the Game Industry
- Making the Move from AAA to Mobile: Tips for Starting Out
- The Changed State of Subscriptions in Online Games
- Managing a Crowdfunded Budget
- Cross Platform Considerations for Designers
- The Timing Windows Of Game Sales and Releases
- Quality of Life Features for Creating Multiplayer Communities
- The Degrees of Sales and the Consumer Impact
- Client/Server Functionality for Online Infrastructures
- The Game Industry in Review 2014
- Explaining the Expanding Game Industry Demographics
- Early Access vs. Kickstarter and the Consumer Mentality
- Early Access Considerations for the Digital Market
- The Problem with Open Ended Production Models
- Elevating Consumer Power in the Digital Age
- Exploring Steam’s Digital Item Economy
- Understanding ” Games as a Service” for Game Development
- The Risks of Multi Game Development
- Alternative Sales Strategies for Digital Stores — Coupons
- Alternative Sales Strategies for Digital Stores — Cross Game Promotions
- Alternative Sales Strategies for Digital Stores — Loyalty Programs
- Alternative Sales Strategies for Digital Stores — Marketing Events
- The New Collectible Market for Game Development — Toys to Life
- Cleaning up the E-Sports Market
- The Evolution of the Video Game Market — Retail
- The Evolution of the Video Game Market — Renting
- The Evolution of the Video Game Market — Trading
- The Evolution of the Video Game Market — Online
- The Evolution of the Video Game Market — F2P
- Secondary Steam Features for Developers
- Translating the Bartle Test to the F2P Market
- Concerns about the Mobile Market
- The Marketing Behind Hardware Bundle
- The Pros and Cons of Season Passes
- Examining Ground Floor Funding or the Minecraft Model
- How Collector’s Edition Adapted to the Digital Market
- The Role of “Meta” in Competitive Games
- Game Devaluation and the Market Impact
- Digital Asset Protection and what Game Developers Need to Know
- Examining “Cloning” in the Mobile Market
- How the Indie Market has Blocked Cloning
- What Developers can do about Pirating Games
- The Abstraction Of Skill In Game Design
- Darwinian Difficulty: How Throwing Players In Headfirst Can Work
- The Anatomy of a Bad Game
- Examining Subjective Difficulty: How Plumbers Can Fight Demons
- The Procession of Progression In Game Design (this was a feature that due to scheduling issues was posted as a blog)
Series 1: Five Rpgs That Break the Rules
Series 2: A Trip Down Horror Lane
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