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Fitting to the Form Factor

Designing Word Wash for mobile. Lessons on fitting game UI, pixel art, and controls to small screens without losing the fun.

Update: There’s now a free Word Wash demo you can play right in your browser, no download or install. Play the demo →

Fitting Everything

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Probably the most unique challenge to making this game so far has been fitting everything on the, but this isn’t the first time that fitting something has kept me up at nights. Come back in time with me…

So as a consumer you want the ability to command things, but you also want to be able to focus on what you are commanding, right? Too small, can’t touch it right, to big, can’t consume it.

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Break it down, for the designs

Breaking down core game mechanics like turns, risk, and decision flow to build better board and video game designs from the ground up.

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Game Design with Kotlin DSL

How I used Kotlin DSL to generate and layout game levels for Word Wash. A practical guide to domain-specific languages for game development.

  • Game Design
  • Game
  • Kotlin