Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 13h

They say a game needs a hook. I say it needs two. #MosaLina

1 5

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 1d

One beautiful game design mind after another on this podcast!

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 1d

New episode of Probably Designed is live! This week we have the first of a two-part conversation with @trampolinetales.com (dev/designer of Luck Be A Landlord and Maze Mice)and @newobject.bsky.social (dev/designer of Ballionaire).

Blog/transcript version is here: my.playful.work/probably-des...

Probably Designed: Luck Be A Ballionaire

This week we have a really interesting conversation for you. It's a three-way conversation with myself, Brian Long, the developer and designer of Ballionaire, and Dan DiIorio, the designer and develop...

my.playful.work

4

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 4d

As holder of a Game Award For Developers Who Cannot Afford The Game Awards, I approve of this!

1 3

Reposted by Fabian Fischer

Julian // Calm Pewter Games @calmpewter.games · 8d

This was a super fun conversation to have. It may also be fun to listen to!
Harry's great and I swear this pod is going places, honored to have been an early bird in the stacked roster of guests 🙌💜

#podcast #gamedev #gamedesign #indie #multiplayer

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · 8d

Episode 4! @calmpewter.games and I yapping about multiplayer. Please, to enjoy:

YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAWa...

Transcript: my.playful.work/probably-des...

and RSS in the normal places: rss.com/podcasts/pro....

Probably Designed: Multiplayer with Calm Pewter

YouTube video by Playful Work

www.youtube.com

17 33

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 16d

Big Shoutout to @humanqube.bsky.social for hosting No Time To Loot (and @sidekickpublishing.bsky.social for support)!
If you're wondering why there's no time to loot, it's cause you gotta play all these cool games that are part of the event...

store.steampowered.com/curator/4506...

6

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 20d

Happy #TurnBasdThursday! My billiards #roguelike Rack and Slay just received a Spanish translation and is now available in a total of 9 languages on Steam and Nintendo Switch! 🥳

store.steampowered.com/app/2311990/...

Save 33% on Rack and Slay on Steam

The rogue-like dungeon crawler where you're a billiard ball! Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels. Stack up countless game-changing items to create broken builds. Find c...

store.steampowered.com

1 2 15

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats on release!

1

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 22d

I do think there's value definitely, as laid out in the video. But the level of frustration caused by difficulty X will be different for different players. And then there's also some actual unfair nonsense (though the game as good enough for me to push through).

2

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 22d

Very on point. Also agree strongly with the difficulty levels bit. While yes, you lose the "everyone shares the same experience" part, you can still have that via "hey, who else played on hard mode?" And those who wouldn't make it through with one single difficulty didn't get to share anyways...

Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 22d

What's the point of hard games, anyway? youtu.be/Ip5pYl-MuYs

What's The Point Of Hard Games, Anyway?

YouTube video by Game Maker's Toolkit

youtu.be

2 9

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 22d

Awesome job @gamesforwaves.bsky.social, glad to have been a small part of this! 🎉

Over £150,000 raised during the World Ocean Day Steam Sale

5 14

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 22d

trueFinalBoss_done

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 23d

It's done. More like "free yourself". 😆

1 5

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 23d

Yep, that's the one. :)
My understanding is you either get invited by Humble or approach them with a "plan" for a bundle (and ideally already a few other devs on board). In this case it was the latter, initiated by a Let's! Revolution! dev (who then started a discussion about it on my Discord).

1 1

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 25d

10k+ sold and €14k+ for the World Central Kitchen charity so far! 🥳

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm honored to be part of a truly stacked lineup of #indiedev #roguelike and #roguelite gems via @humblebundle.com! If you're remotely interested in the genre, this is amazing value for money! 👀

👉 www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...

1 1 9

Reposted by Fabian Fischer

Humble @humblebundle.com · 27d

Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels in Rack and Slay, the billiards-themed roguelike dungeon crawler.

The Indie Likes and Lites bundle supports @wck.org.

Indie Likes and Lites

www.humblebundle.com

2 13

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 27d

Okay maybe not quite... 😆

6

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 27d

Rack and Slay is now available in Spanish (and is on sale to celebrate)! 🥳

store.steampowered.com/news/app/231...

Rack and Slay - Patch 1.29 - Spanish translation added! - Steam News

The billiards roguelike is now available in Spanish! This makes for 8 total languages the game is available in now!

store.steampowered.com

4 10

Reposted by Fabian Fischer

Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 29d

Now that I have some distance from my GDC talk, I think if I were to boil down my game design advice into a single sentence, it might be something like:

Focus less on adding stuff to your game, and more on developing connections between the stuff you already have.

4 31 180

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · 29d

✌️ moving on

3

Reposted by Fabian Fischer

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm honored to be part of a truly stacked lineup of #indiedev #roguelike and #roguelite gems via @humblebundle.com! If you're remotely interested in the genre, this is amazing value for money! 👀

👉 www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...

1 20 40

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 8

Deep into act 2 at this point, and I'm utterly fascinated by the gaping contrast between its most brilliant moments and the wild amount of archaic to outright cruel design choices. All in all this might be the most memorable 6/10 ever in my book.

Anyways, have fun! :)

1 5

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 4

Silksong is indeed more colorful than Hollow Knight!

1 15

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm honored to be part of a truly stacked lineup of #indiedev #roguelike and #roguelite gems via @humblebundle.com! If you're remotely interested in the genre, this is amazing value for money! 👀

👉 www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...

1 20 40

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 1

New URL! Update your bookmarks, game design podcast aficionados!

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · Sep 1

REPOST: I made a last minute change, let's use this URL...

I’ve been making podcast about game design over the past few months, and it’s almost ready to share!

The premise: conversations with game designers about how design interacts with randomness and chance.

my.playful.work/new-podcast-...

New Podcast: Probably Designed

Conversations with designers and other interesting people about randomness and chance

my.playful.work

1 5

Fabian Fischer @ludokultur.bsky.social · Sep 1

Was super fun to record an episode for this one, but I'm most excited to get to hear the other ones. This line-up is filled to the brim with amazing design thinkers!

Harry Dean Hudson @hdh.me · Sep 1

I’ve been making podcast about game design over the past few months, and it’s just about ready to share!

The premise: conversations with designers about how they and their designs interact with randomness and chance. Starts next Tuesday!

open.substack.com/pub/harrydea...

New Podcast: Probably Designed

Conversations with designers and other interesting people about randomness and chance

open.substack.com

2 9