The Lunch Table
Essays on games as a cultural artefact, and on the three questions worth asking before you make anything: is it true, does it matter, who else is here.
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Twenty games in a drawer
I have 20 unfinished games in my pocket that could be released with minor work. I am just like every other game developer. Nobody finds your game, nobody will find my game(s). The money that would help you get found arrives late, usually af...
Ninety People
Here is a question with a number in it, and you can answer it in about four seconds.
What is the smallest audience you would be willing to ship something to?
On the first of November 2021, ninety people played “Wordle”.
Not ninety thousa...
The Building Box
What is the question you would like your game to address if nobody was watching the schedule?
And when the schedule tightens in month four, which is when it always tightens, what is the first thing you would cut?
If those are the same ans...
The Three Questions Before The Meal
Three questions before we start.
Have you ever played a game that made you laugh? Almost certainly.
Has a game ever made you cry? Fewer of us…
Now the third, which is the only one that matters.
Has a game ever changed a decision in yo...
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Small games, big questions. Notes from a London studio shipping in public.
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