J’s Game Design and Tech Journal

I’ve been told that I write well. I haven’t had any formal education in writing outside of high school language class but I’ve spent some…

Having worked with Unreal Engine 3, moving on to UE4 was surprisingly confusing initially. The interface has changed quite a lot for one…

I just wanted to revisit and put down in words this concept I had about a year ago and made into a short game that you can play if you…

In the previous article, I gave an overview of the considerations behind the game balance in Avatar Warrior’s Journey. In this piece, I’d…

Avatar Warrior’s Journey is a 2D endless runner with a card collection mechanic. As you complete goals, more map locations open up and you…

This piece continues from Part I where general graphs and their formulae are discussed. In this part, I’ll discuss intention and how to…

You’re an hour into a new game and are slaying some monsters in Noobtopia. These guys take more than a hit or two to kill unlike 30 minutes…

(Note: This writeup is imported from my old blog from an entry made in early 2015)

I’m a game designer. Next year marks my 10th year in games development and I thought I’d start my Medium account with how I got into games.