This weekend, a couple of friends traveled halfway across the country for a visit. These friends are the ones who invited my wife and I to play Pathfinders, our first IRL RPG adventure! We play remotely, including our son and daughter, who join us by taking a break from their college lives. One of the […]
Read more...I have big ambitions. Most of my projects are large with many moving parts. Whether it is a game engine for simulating tabletop games, or writing a novel or collection short stories, such enormous projects can feel overwhelming. I know I can only focus on the small pieces, one at a time. Sometimes, those little […]
Read more...As both a bit of coding practice and preparing for future personal coding challenges, I had constructed a few mini-games over the last few months. Mini-games, like Code Breaker, a tic-tac-toe game, and other code-practicing projects. As I work towards making the Pegamoose Games site more useful and entertaining, I have decide to share these […]
Read more...Over the past few weeks, I presented myself with challenges motivating me to work through various coding hurdles for Peggy (Tabletop Game Engine). I have a fourth challenge dealing with additional CRUD for a game’s data objects. I set that one aside and considered another challenge (#5) exploring multi-faced game pieces (dice and cards). I […]
Read more...Today, I will be talking about roadmapping. Tomorrow, I will be discussing how to refold the roadmaps. Joking aside, roadmaps are a crucial tool for working on projects of any size. Of the companies where I have worked, those that used well-crafted roadmaps often succeeded more than those that those that neglected their roadmap. I […]
Read more...A requirement for big projects is dividing the work into manageable chunks. I learned that lesson at an early age when told to go clean my pigsty room and had no idea where to start. When it comes to Peggy, the game engine has so many chunks, I struggle with starting points. Each time I consider starting on […]
Read more...The other day, as I worked on Peggy (tabletop game engine), I had an epiphany about the game pieces. For this engine, it takes into account three kinds of game pieces: cards, dice, and pawns. As I worked on how to track the changes of game pieces and how to define how each piece should […]
Read more...I my previous blog, I talked about why I find some games unbalanced. To recap, in my opinion, a game is unbalanced when it relies too heavily on luck over skill. Or, when the game tips to favor one player over another. In the previous blog, I discussed Clue, which is unbalanced based on that […]
Read more...Originally, I was going to write about games I hate. As I outlined the blog, I realized the reason I dislike some games are because they are very unbalanced. I have decided to talk about unbalanced games, instead. What makes a game unbalanced? While looking up games other people consider unbalanced, some people define an […]
Read more...When an idea gets stuck in your head, how do you go about designing it? It could be an art project, a story, plans for a themed party…it could be a lot of things. In my case, “things” means new features on one of my websites. I am better at designing (outlining) a story than […]
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