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Game Design Deep Dive: F2p

Game Design Deep Dive: F2p

A Look at the history and design of free to play and mobile games

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Celebrating the Rise of Indie Development

How the 2010s became the decade for indie developers

8 min readApr 25, 2021

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Is Strategy Design Due for a Shakeup?

RTS TBS MIA

7 min read6 days ago

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Is Strategy Design Due for a Shakeup?

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The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery

As I was writing my shooter book, it meant revisiting some of the better shooters of the past 10 years, and another playthrough of Doom…

7 min readApr 4, 2024

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Getting to the Heart (of the cards) of Balatro

How a Poker-Like-Rogue-Like Blew Up

5 min readMar 29, 2024

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Getting to the Heart (of the cards) of Balatro

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The Lessons Learned From Palworld’s Success

Palworld is looking to be 2024’s Vampire Survivors — with a game that came out to massive, overwhelming success within two weeks. The game…

6 min readFeb 28, 2024

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The Lessons Learned From Palworld’s Success

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Work Update

Hi everyone,

1 min readFeb 5, 2024

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Returnal Can’t Handle the Risks of Roguelite Design

A Repetitive Return

5 min readJan 2, 2024

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Examining the Live Service Success of Payday 2

How Overkill Software Kept the Payday Going

9 min readDec 28, 2023

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Examining the Live Service Success of Payday 2

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The Limits of Esports

Does Competitive Design Work For the Industry?

11 min readDec 12, 2023

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You Will Die Here Tonight Twists Survival Horror

Groundhog Evil

4 min readDec 5, 2023

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You Will Die Here Tonight Twists Survival Horror

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Josh Bycer

Book Author

Josh Bycer is the owner of Game-Wisdom and specializes in examining the art and science of games. He has over seven years of experience discussing game design.

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