Hiroshi | Game Economy Designer

Made this #IdleGame Prestige Curve Simulation. Every prestige wipes your progress and makes the next threshold 3× harder. But your income multiplier keeps growing. Feels like a trap on paper but pulls the player in to go for more! Made in itembase.dev/sim #gamedesign

yo guys, if you want to know some insights on how to design a game economy: sources, sinks, loops and balance, go have an 8 minute read of my post on dev.to. dev.to/hiroshi_takamu… #gamedesign #gamedev #indiedevs

hey Game Devs and Game Designers. Have been working on a new game idea today, pretty excited actually. Thinking about building in public, any thoughts on that? Is it worth it and will it help in the future for the launch. #indiedevs #gamedesign #gamedevs

@maseylia The gameplay and the art look really cool. The vibe reminds me of Adventure Times!

15 seconds of underwater gameplay from my indie game!

@KryyssX I am asking about idle games as a genre

@GameSimulations I'm confused by your wording. Are you asking about market share of indie vs AAA or asking about gameplay genres typically associated with #indiegames or #altgaming ?

hey Game Devs and Game Designers, are we seeing a big popularity loss of idle games and some other genres emerging? #gamedesign #gamedev #indiedevs

@KakapoCalypse Yeah, agree. Too many games just copying each other and flooding the market. And with AI now it's even easier to clone mechanics and assets and push something out fast for a quick buck. So yeah, twists aren't optional anymore, they're the only way to stand out.

@GameSimulations I think we just need a new twist on it. Imho, there have been too many too similar games lately.

Our game first video youtube.com/watch?v=tnGkeX…

@IchitGame i hear you, overplanning is my worst enemy

@GameSimulations Try to plan less. I got overwhelmed. haha :)

hey Game Devs and Game Designers, if you could redo one design decision from your last project, what would it be? #gamedesign #indiedev

@chase_8bitroots solo dev is tough, but it's never too late so, if you start now, you'll be eventually there

@GameSimulations Learn art and music sooner to go completely solo.

@brilliancegames every game is basically a prototype for the next one, the devs who keep that loop going are the ones who actually get better. respect

@GameSimulations most of them, i use the next game as a way to learn from the previous one

@playmygamesnow that power + no fall damage was basically a free game mode and they patched it out of existence. painful to read honestly

This is burned into my memory. I was working on a shooter with powers that the creative director also wanted to be a tactical extraction shooter. One of the powers let you push yourself around the map. We hosted a playtest for early community members and couple of content creators. We hadn’t implemented fall damage. The players started throwing themselves all over the map with this power, dive bombing each other, ambushing, every fight was intense, people were yelling and giving each other high fives. The creative director was pissed, demanded we tell them to stop, and then immediately nerfed the power and added fall damage. We had a group of 20 players jumping up and down, screaming at the monitor, and giving each other high fives…and we designed away from that. Worst decision I’ve ever been party to, even if it was not my decision.

@playmygamesnow bro the high fives are the metric. when players are literally jumping up and down screaming that's not a bug, that's a feature you stumbled into. the best emergent gameplay moments are the ones you didn't plan, and decision to "fix" it is such a classic creative director move.

Game designers, what's the hardest player behavior you've ever had to design around? #gamedesign #gamedev

Made this quick sim of XP scaling in a Survival game. Love seeing the nodes interacting. #gamedesign #gamedev #simulation #itembasedev

Are Game Engines and Game Design Tools the same? Wrote about what game designers actually need: not generic game dev stuff, but tools that are specifically made for them and how they are different. itembase.dev/blogs/game-des… #gamdesign #gamedev

@artpunk_studio a huge gumball machine, that shoots gumballs

If Bill had to fight a ridiculous boss (like a giant toaster), which one would you pick? #RagingBill #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #TrailerTuesday

Morning everyone, I just published resources article for #indiedevs - Best Game Design Tools for Indie and Mobile Game Designers medium.com/p/best-game-de… #gamedesign #gamedev

@IndieGameJoe Damn this is so cool! Loved doing the typing tests in uni, so uni me would absolutely crash this game!!!

This indie team is making a game where typing fast is your superpower - Type prompts to execute Devil May Cry style combos - Stickman beat em up inspired by 2000s internet culture - Innovative typing to combo mechanic Would you play this? It's called Keyboard Warrior Stickman.

What genre did you design for that completely changed how you think about games? #gamedesign #indiedev