What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s video I want to take a look at homebrewing spells in D&D – how it’s done and what factors need to be taken into account, and share some simple example spells that I prepared earlier. I’ve broken this video into a few sections –…
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Everybody loves powerful cards, but how do you know when something is TOO powerful? In this video I look at the 5 most common categories of broken cards to see why they are so powerful, and see how to learn from past design mistakes.
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What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. Today I want to take a look at Gwent, the fictional card game from the Witcher universe that was turned into a standalone TCG. I’m going to be talking about the inspiration behind the game, the various different versions of it, and giving my thoughts on…
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Welcome to a new series, where I will be looking at the design challenges behind Trading Card Games, and how to solve them. Today’s episode looks at one of the most fundamental issues that can affect any TCG – the Queen’s Problem. How do you stop players from just filling their decks with all the most overpowered cards? Let’s find out!
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We made it! Today we finally talk about the most recent games in the series, Pokemon Sword and Shield. As always, we will take a look at the major design trends and themes of this generation, and how the designs have changed from previous generations!
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Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s episode of Game Designer Spotlight, we will be looking at the legendary designer behind some of Nintendo’s biggest franchises – Shigeru Miyamoto. We will look at his history, the design philosophy he used to design games like Super Mario Bros, The Legend of…
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You’ve probably played in a Minecraft world before, but have you ever wondered how that terrain was generated? In this video I go step by step to show you how chunks and biomes are formed, and modify the source code to show you every part of the process!
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Ever wondered how games like Minecraft or No Man’s Sky create their virtual worlds? Let’s find out by programming our own procedurally generated 3D terrain from scratch!
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This video discusses the design of Pokemon in the generation 7 games, Pokemon Sun and Moon. We discuss the new region, the major themes of these Pokemon, and the common design trends and motifs.
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Transcript: What’s up designers, welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s History of Game Design we are going to be looking at the sport of Basketball. We will be talking about how the game got started, how it grew, and how the game itself has changed over time. Without further ado, let’s get started. Basketball…
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