Game designer at Roblox (ex-Disney, ex-Zynga, etc.)
Author of Anatomy of Game Design (https://a.co/d/5NQZAuK)
Opinions are my own, not any corporation's.
Tom Smith
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I make my students discuss this in their wtiteups for their student projects. I think it’s an important thing to recognize and think about when growing as a game designer. And if you’re not doing it, you’re not experimenting enough.
I consider the core loop the thing that players do the most. But there can be tension between what it seems like players are supposed to do and what they actually do. #gaming #gamedesign
Let’s make converting cinematic tropes into interactive tropes the hot new gaming trend of 2026. Can someone do a good Scooby Doo hallway sequence game? #gaming #gamedesign
Dynamics are the ways that rules fit together to make something more. #gaming #gamedesign
The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it!
10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :)
#history #archeology #arthistory #museums
If James Bond is like a AAA console game that is always showing off top-tier new content to keep you engaged, old Star Trek or Dr Who is more of a roguelike - shuffle around the same easy to generate content but in interesting ways. #gaming #gamedesign
Explosions make everything better. Even tutorials. #gaming #gamedesign
I always thought it odd that D&D gives XP for success and none for failure when reality does it the other way. #gaming #gamedesign
This. A thousand times this. By which I mean I don’t understand why people don’t do it a billion dollars.
The tutorial is the game; the game is the tutorial. #gaming #gamedesign
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Game designers! Tell me about a feature / mechanic / thing you added to your game... but then you later removed it and that made the game better!
