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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We are finally back with the Evolution of Pokemon Designs series, this time focusing on Generation 6 – Pokemon X and Y. As always we look at the designs of these Pokemon to see common themes and trends among them, stylistic changes from previous generations, and how new mechanics and technology have influenced the designs.
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Quidditch is one of the most famous of all fictional fantasy games and sports – and one of the most flawed. Where does this game go wrong, and how can it be fixed?
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Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past 20 years, Halo is a franchise of science fiction FPS’s that, for a period in the early to mid 2000’s, was basically the biggest video-game franchise on the planet. I’ve never been a big…
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