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“Remember: no matter what theme you pick, no matter what mechanisms you use; somebody will pass on your game based on only that. No game is “for everyone” so don’t stress.”
— Jon Moffat
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“I highly recommend blind playtesting! If you’ve never placed a rulebook you’ve written in front of someone else to figure out, you definitely need to. Even if you’re not a publisher, you’ll find out so much about how people learn and play games.”
— Carla Kopp
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“Every game you design will be better than the last. You will be smarter. You will be better. Don’t be afraid to put a game on a shelf for a year and work on something else. You’ll figure it out when you come back!”
— Jonathan Gilmour
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“Goals can be useful in starting designing, but don’t get hung up on them. Follow your game wherever it leads you, even to places you didn’t expect to go.”
— Matthew Dunstan