Nicholas Lovell, Author at Gamesbrief

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Raph Koster’s analysis of the ways to make a successful service game
Raph Koster, lead designer on Ultima Online and author of A Theory of Fun, has written a great post on Gamasutra setting out the key ways in which a service game can seek to keep its players...
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Coffee Stain put out a 13 minute explainer video justifying why they are using the Epic store
This is an interesting 13 minute video justifying why Coffee Stain chose to go with the Epic store for the next game, Satisfactory. It’s interesting, not least because they felt they needed to put out a 13...
- Posted 3 months ago
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Benedict Evans’ annual technology presentation
Benedict Evans of Andreesen Horowitz seems to be taking over from Mary Meeker as the “thinking person’s guide to the future of the internet”. His annual presentation, delivered at 100 mph, is very good. I was astounded...
- Posted 4 months ago
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Why localising video games into German is so hard
I don’t think I have seen a better visual illustration of why design teams find it so hard to create a User Interface that accommodates the German language well. That’s always a rather surprising comparison. I can...
- Posted 5 months ago
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A vote to give the people say over the terms of Brexit.
I don’t usually put political stuff up on GAMESbrief. In fact, since I’ve been active as Design Director of Electric Square for most of this year, I haven’t been posting much at all. That will change soon,...
- Posted 9 months ago
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Dan Cook on Designing Friendships in Videogames
Dan Cook is a great designer, who has designed games like Triple Town, Steambirds Alliance and Realm of the Mad God. He is also very generous with his time and this thoughts, including at his blog www.lostgarden.com....
- Posted 12 months ago
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Raph Koster on the cost of games–and it’s not pretty.
Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun and game designer extraordinaire has published a deep dive on the cost of games over time. With a lot of data (although Raph is the first to admit that...
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Nothing to do, no reason to come back – from The F2P Toolbox
The F2P toolbox will teach you 54 of the...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Imaginary friends are better than no friends at all #f2ptoolbox
The F2P toolbox will teach you 54 of the...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Don’t nag me #f2ptoolbox
The F2P toolbox will teach you 54 of the...
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50 questions: Should I let my lawyer negotiate the deal?
"Going toe-to-toe with an experienced venture capitalist negotiating on...
- Posted 7 years ago
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50 Questions: To what extent should I encourage competition between VCs?
Nic Brisbourne has recently given his own take on...
- Posted 7 years ago
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50 Questions: What financial information does a VC want to see?
Nic Brisbourne urges all entrepreneurs looking for venture capital...
- Posted 7 years ago
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Candy Crush Saga–where free does mean free
Candy Crush Saga is one of the most successful...
- Posted 6 years ago
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[Video] Design Rule 4: Build Complexity in Layers
Continuing our series of videos introducing GAMESbrief’s Design Rules...
- Posted 6 years ago
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[Video] Nicholas explains F2P Design Rule No. 3
The third rule in GAMESbrief’s Design Rules for Free-to-Play...
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