Category Archives: Game Design

Barbarossa developer notes #2: Where are the Vital Organs? We’ll be Operating Tomorrow

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Cameron Harris

continued from developer notes #1 Which elements to Model? Determining which elements of Command and Leadership to represent isn’t easy. They are both fairly abstract concepts. How do you program into a game characters who may, or may not, be … Continue reading →

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Barbarossa developer notes #1: What is Command?

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Cameron Harris

Prior to release of our new game BARBAROSSA we are publishing a series of developer notes by designer Cameron Harris. Part 1 follows below, more parts will be posted in the coming days. The Last Commander I Met Was Made … Continue reading →

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Does complexity define wargames? And are there any voids in wargame design?

Posted on May 29, 2015 by vic

The first part of the title of this post is the topic of a discussion question for my publishers Home of the Wargamers 2015 event. And in fact it is a very good question and one that should in my … Continue reading →

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I Swore It Worked When I Last Looked At It

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Cameron Harris

I have been remiss with my Blog posts of late but Beta Testing started in Late February and it’s been flat out ever since. We have an excellent team of testers who have taken the game to the cleaners, held … Continue reading →

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Advanced Tactics Gold directions… what do you think?

Posted on May 6, 2015 by vic

Just a quick post about Advanced Tactics development with an extensive poll at the end. I am building up enough small fixes and unofficial hot fixes to warrant an official beta patch sometime soon. Its crazy in my development agenda, … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of the Moon

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Cameron Harris

First up thanks to all those people who responded to our call for Beta Testers. Not unexpectedly there has been some slippage in the schedule and February is looking more likely as a Beta kick-off. Still a happening event and … Continue reading →

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