Kiwi Game Design

Wikipedia says “a design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem.” The idea was created in the 60s for...

Wizard Wheeze (noun): Any action a player tries to accomplish that is not an explicit part of the rules of the megagame they’re playing....

This week I’m going to write about something that (maybe/probably) isn’t a megagame, but shares a lot of similarities with megagames....

When playing any game the player will typically have a “core gameplay loop” - the thing they spend most of their game doing, turn to...

Writing good team or role briefs can be one of the hardest parts of designing a megagame: Every player needs to have a role that will get...