About 6 months ago, I posted a call on this blog to find folks who would be interested in building a game in a non-hierarchical organization [fr]. This led to the assembly of a team of 7 people, and to the creation of the game Phytomancer, soon to be released. This is a post-mortem of our production period, looking back on all the mistakes we made and rejoicing about the few things we did correctly!
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Thursday, 16 September 2021
Four Months of Horizontal Game Production
By Adrian on Thursday, 16 September 2021, 10:00 - Souls
Friday, 30 July 2021
Your Soul has been Shattered [GMTK Jam 2021]
By Adrian on Friday, 30 July 2021, 10:00 - Développement
This year, for the first time, I took part in the annual jam organized by Mark Brown from the YouTube channel Game Maker's Toolkit, aka GMTK. It's a game jam that is focused on gameplay and trying out new mechanics, it's had more entries every year since its creation, and it has fierce competition. So, together with a team of excellent people, we rolled up our sleeves and made a game!
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Le Phytomancien a besoin de vous !
By Adrian on Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 10:00 - Souls
Bonne nouvelle : la création de mon studio de jeux vidéo en coopérative va bon train ! Après de multiples péripéties que je raconterais peut-être ici, j'ai constitué un tout petit groupe de trois personnes : James, Mathieu et moi-même. Nous avons commencé par nous échauffer en créant un petit jeu sur deux jours — Q, l'As du volant — et nous passons maintenant à l'étape supérieure. Nous allons créer un jeu, commercialisation comprise, en trois mois.
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Lessons learned working on my card game
By Adrian on Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 10:00 - Souls
[This is part 5 of my Study of Digital Card Games series.]
As I mentioned at the beginning of this series, I have been working on a digital CCG for several years now. As a lover of the genre — I've been playing Magic for about 20 years, and I tried as many other CCGs as I could — I want to create a game that is truly special, and different from its competition. Time will tell if I can succeed at that! Until then, here are some lessons that I've learned working on my game.
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
The design of CCGs
By Adrian on Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 10:00 - Souls
[This is part 4 of my Study of Digital Card Games series.]
Now that we have a good grasp of what the major games of the digital CCG genre are, it's time for me to do my best analyzing it. In this article I'm going to look at the common points, what defines CCGs nowadays, then the differences, where CCGs tried to innovate, and finally I'll give a shot at guessing where the next innovations can be.
Tuesday, 9 February 2021
History of a genre, part 2: 2017 - 2020
By Adrian on Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 10:00 - Souls
[This is part 3 of my Study of Digital Card Games series.]
Last time we explored the rise of the digital CCG genre. Let's now go over the end of its golden years, to get a good picture of all the major card games as of today.
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
History of a genre, part 1: 2002 - 2016
By Adrian on Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 10:00 - Souls
[This is part 2 of my Study of Digital Card Games series.]
The first notable CCG that made it to the digital space was, guess who, Magic! There have been several software allowing to play the game on a computer, but the first to embrace online play was Magic: The Gathering Online, shortened as MTGO and released in 2002. The pitch is simple: it is exactly the same game, but playable on a computer with folks from all around the globe. It is still active today.
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
It's a Kind of Magic
By Adrian on Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 10:01 - Souls
[This is part 1 of my Study of Digital Card Games series.]
In my intro to this series, I said I was going to focus on card games that were digital-first. Let's start with a mandatory exception to that rule: when Magic: The Gathering was released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, it was not (yet) a digital card game. It is, however, the Holy Father of CCGs. It is the starting point of the genre, and thus we need to start this journey with it.
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