Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack
Mark BrownThe secret genius of game design
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 82 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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GMTK Digest (December 2025)
Bye bye for now!
Hello Substack readers!
The World Design of Hollow Knight: Silksongs
Welcome back to Boss Keys.
This is my series about the design of games with sprawling, interconnected, maze-like worlds. Including dungeons, alien planets, fantasy kingdoms, and gothic castles.
Now the most viewed episode in this series -...
GMTK Digest (November 2025)
Primed and ready
Hello GMTK backers! Here is your Digest for November.
What's the point of prototyping?
On the last episode of Game Dev 101 - my series about the indie game production pipeline - I shared a whole bunch of tips for coming up with ideas for games.
So, now you know what sort of game you want to make - it’s time to start buildin...
GMTK Digest (October 2025)
Yotei of the Battlefield
Hey all! Mark here.
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