We are now entering the realm of the ways and places where people participate in the economy. Markets can be considered as the “physical” places where players are invited to trade, the tools that allow the exchange of currency and goods between players. The institutions are closer to practices and rituals that the players will … Lire la suite Economy Design 106 – Markets and Institutions

In the last episode, we saw that many factors define the value of an item or a service. That’s all good and well, that allows us to price things at a right amount and even rise the price a little by wrapping the item in a cool story that makes it look better to the … Lire la suite Economy Design 105 – Obsolescence

Alright, last time we had a talk about what is value in an item, how it influences our behavior and our choices and what factors dictate the value we attribute to an item. Today, I would like to wrap up this « chapter » on value with a couple of extra notions that, even if they are … Lire la suite Economy Design 104 – Value of Things Part 2

Now that we know what constitute a solid currency, how do we price things? Or rather what determines the value of things? Production Value In a player-led economy, one of the main factors that will define if an item is produced or not is the production value of it. Basically the idea is that the … Lire la suite Economy Design 104 – Value of Things Part 1

The currency is always at the center of all economies. But what exactly is a currency? If we go completely to the base of the definition, a currency is an item that is universally (among the participant of the system) recognized as a unit of wealth. What does that mean? It means that if we … Lire la suite Economy Design 103: Currencies

The first kind of question that we need to keep in mind when designing an economy for a multi-player game is “Who will be mostly driving the economy?”. When it comes to multi player games, there are mostly 2 types of economy: Player Led Economy and Environment Economy. Player Led Economy A Player Led Economy … Lire la suite Economy Design 102 – Player Economy & Environment Economy

Alright, alright, alright… I know that Economy Design is pretty much like getting repeatedly kicked in the nuts : It’s fun for a relatively small amount of people. But whether we like it or not (Economy Design not the nut-kicking), most game designers end up having to go through it. To keep you from having … Lire la suite Economy 101 – What’s an Economy?

Trailer Developed on UE4 in Blueprints. The Light on the Rock is a Narrative Lovecraftian horror game where the player embodies a lighthouse keeper stranded in the middle of a sea full of monsters and who has to make dire decisions to survive and remain sane, each one of his decisions having an impact on … Lire la suite The Light on the Rock

Developed on Unity 2019. XIII is the multiplatform (PC, PS4, XBOX One) remake of the original and classic FPS XIII from 2003. I worked on the game as an Senior Game Designer for PlayMagic Malta. During this project, my first mission has been to entirely design the AI of the enemies, creating behavior trees and … Lire la suite XIII Remake