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“Make sure you have enough fans, friends, family, or followers to provide the first 30% of your project’s funding in the first weekend. People ignore ‘losing’ projects, so do the word-spreading, money-asking thing.”
— Chris Henderson, creator of What?!? Oh… The Game of Couples Banter
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“The argument “because it makes the game easier to balance” is not compelling. Our job is to make the game easier for players, not us.”
— Eric Lang (@eric_lang)
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“Game designers, look past “Mechanics First” or “Theme First.” There is also “Components First,” or “Emotion First,” or even “Art First.””
— Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis)
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“Playtest a billion times.”
— Scott Almes (@Scott_Almes)
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“Fail often. We learn so much more from our failures than we do our successes. It’s hard to know why something works, it’s easy to spot why it’s flawed.”
— Chevee Dodd (@cheveedodd)
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“Make time for family and friends. Easy to get over-run, or over-excited about a project.”
— @MVPBoardgames
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“Releasing a game is like having a baby, except there’s no taboo on folks saying your baby is hideously ugly. ;-) “My! What an ugly baby!””
— Daniel Cook (@danctheduck)
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“Rulebook Layout Tip: You can usually combine your components overview and setup example into one diagram to save room.”
— Daniel Solis (@DanielSolis)
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“Consume knowledge and experience as though starving. Then, go by your gut.”
— Eric Lang (@eric_lang)
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“Design tip: do whatever works because people will bitch one way or the other!”
— Adam McIver (@ad7m)