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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If you want to learn how to beat your friends and family at Catan, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve collected tips and strategies from all over the internet, including from World Championship level players, to take your game to the next level.
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Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I am finally back with some new Pokemon AI content. Specifically, I decided to try my hand at making an AI (or actually, a couple AIs) for Pokemon Showdown. In this video we will first be…
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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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Pokemon may seem like a simple game for kids, but it’s actually a complex web of secret dimensions, alternate universes and parallel timelines. In this video I take a look at all of the evidence for the Pokemon multiverse in the main-series games!
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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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