Nobody Nose - Weekend Meme

Free Art Assets for Tabletop Games

I know as well as most of you what a pain it can be to get decent art on a tiny budget. In fact, for me at least, finding art is one of the biggest hurtles between a good design and a finished game. It's expensive, it can be hard to find, and it's stressful. And if you're like me, it's really hard to barter over the price of another creative's services; You know they're pouring out their heart and soul for your game, and that's priceless. But at the same time, most of us game designers don't have deep pockets, and anywhere we can save a few dollars gets us that much closer to actually getting your dream out there. Because of this struggle, I've compiled a list of some of my favorite resources for getting %100 free art, no strings attached. Of course, it won't be tailored to your game, and you probably will need to commission some of your own stuff before all is said and done, but it can get you pretty far with your game, and might save y...

Project Heracles - Design Journal, Day Four

Day Four(11/25/19) After a full, but sadly gameless, weekend, I finally got some playtesting done today, as well as a rough draft for the graphic design of my cards. Not too bad, but I wish I could have done more. The playtesting mostly just verified that the system was solid enough, though I did end up doing a bit of power-tweaking to make things more even. I’m considering taking out the more mundane abilities of Marksman, Brawler, and Multi-Tasker, as they don’t add much flavor, and they are impossible to reflect on the standees. A possible replacement for Marksman(+3 Ranged Skill) would be X-Ray Vision(+1 Ranged Skill, Ignore line of sight). Other than that, the only new content I’ve added is a new power, Flameskin(Ranged attack, and when you’re attacked in Melee, deal damage). As for the graphic design, I’ve got a pretty decent draft for my cards done: As you can see, it’s very rough at the moment, but I think it gives a pretty ...

Top Organizational Tools for Game Designers

I don’t know about you, but my head is a really messy place to be. As I’m sure many of you know, a crowded mind is one of the drawbacks to being a creative person— It can’t be helped when you have so many games, books, paintings, songs, or whatever else you make jumping around all the time. Because of this, I find it helpful to have a very structured, but easily edited, place to store my thoughts, and I thought I’d share three of my favorites with you guys! Two of them are free, but the third is a physical product which obviously costs money, but it’s worth every penny. Enjoy! Trello (Free) Trello is one the best tools out there for organization, and I’m sure many of you have already heard of it. In essence, Trello is like a digital pin-board, but a with a few handy little tricks built in, such as shuffling and programmable buttons. It’s available on desktop, mobile, and in-browser, with syncing between them all, so if you ma...

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