Perhaps you are reading this blog because you are looking for some inspiration, tips or guidance in game design. That’s very good but sometimes I meet people (on bbgamezone for example) who want to know how to design a game. This is a silly question. Game design is not hard. You only have to do it.

This is just a very short blog post to remind you that game design is not hard. There is no right way to design a game. There is no magical success formula or machine to master. If you have played a game you can design a game. Off course it won’t be a good game design, yet.

You don’t have to learn game design and you can’t master it. You can only improve.

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It’s one of the most important questions you can ask a game designer. Still every designer will have a different answer. I think this answer may just define what sort of designer he is, what drives him and what his goals are. So if anybody ever ask you this question, be ready to give your own answer.

“What is a good game?”

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