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Game development, without the fog

Practical guides built around a decision, a worked example, primary sources, and the limits that matter.

Production · 8 min read

A practical method for turning an uncertain design idea into a small, answerable prototype before production begins.

Production · 9 min read

Collect behaviour, context, and severity without turning every player comment into a feature request.

Production · 8 min read

A gate for deciding whether a promising experiment deserves production-quality systems, art, audio, and content.

Player Experience · 10 min read

Start with readable text, distinguishable states, flexible input, captions, and settings that can be verified early.

Player Experience · 8 min read

A controller-first walkthrough for focus, hierarchy, recovery, remapping, and mixed-input behaviour.

Player Experience · 8 min read

Show what happened, why it mattered, and what the player can try next without turning every miss into a tutorial.

Technical Craft · 10 min read

Translate a target frame rate into measurable CPU, GPU, loading, memory, and content constraints.

Technical Craft · 9 min read

Version the schema, write atomically, test migration, and separate player progress from machine-specific settings.

Technical Craft · 10 min read

Inventory collection, purpose, processors, retention, deletion, and store disclosures before making public claims.