Category Archives: Game Design

How to Make Logistics Fun

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Cameron Harris

Decisive Campaigns III design blog #5 Now might be a good time to have a chat about logistics. This is a very difficult concept to get right in games. Most people tend to bounce off logistics faster than a rubber … Continue reading →

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Russia on Ten Barrels a Day

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Cameron Harris

Decisive Campaigns III design blog #4 Note: Screen shots show an Alpha version with graphics being either missing or subject to change. Except for a few stragglers, the Soviet military forces are otherwise occupied. Somebody mentioned Manchuria. Let’s invade Russia. … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk about Tires

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Cameron Harris

Decisive Campaigns III design blog #3 Assume that you’ve been left in charge of a big lump of machinery. There are pipes and valves everywhere, steam vents abound and there are a multitude of gauges and controls. It’s a complicated … Continue reading →

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“CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHY THE HECK MY PANZERS HAVEN’T GOT ENOUGH FUEL?”

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Cameron Harris

Decisive Campaigns III design blog #2 What determines if a game is enjoyable? Well that depends on the type of game. For a Shooter you are after adrenalin, tension and action. For a strategy game, which is more of a … Continue reading →

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Introducing Decisive Campaigns III

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Cameron Harris

I’m Cameron, the developer of the next game in the Decisive Campaigns series. Some of you may know me from the Matrix forums where I created the Enhanced Mod Suite for ATG. This is the first of a series of … Continue reading →

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Discussing the feasibility of a battalion or company level game with the DC engine

Posted on November 19, 2013 by vic

Just sharing a link to a discussion on the Matrix forums. Lower level scale is an intriguing idea that would probably work well. Especially in a linked-scenario campaign setting. Also repeating something I posted in this thread: Potential game designers … Continue reading →

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