Design & Development

Oct 25, 2021
9 min

Puzzlecrafting - An Approachable Outdoor Puzzle Hunt

How do you create an outdoor puzzle hunt for a broader audience? Here are some tips.

Sep 1, 2021
3 min

Puzzlecrafting - A Mini Wedding Hunt

Want to make your own puzzle hunt for an event? Maybe this documentation of a mini wedding puzzle hunt will give you some ideas!

Aug 19, 2021
7 min

Design Diary 4 [Tarot Series] - On Collaboration

Discussing when and why to collaborate with others and how a collaboration in puzzle games might work.

Jun 30, 2021
3 min

Design Diary 3 [Tarot Series] - Inspiration & Design Process

This is the third post in a series of design diaries about PostCurious' next game, The Light in the Mist, a tarot-card-based narrative...

Apr 7, 2021
4 min

Design Diary 2 [Tarot Series] - Game Mechanic

Design diary about the game mechanics of a narrative puzzle adventure in the form of a tarot deck.

Mar 11, 2021
4 min

Design Diary 1 [Tarot Series] - An Introduction

The first in a series of design diaries about a still-untitled narrative puzzle game in the form of a tarot deck.

Oct 30, 2020
4 min

Puzzlecrafting - Symbol Combination Cipher

“How do you make a puzzle?” is a refrain I hear often but is a difficult question to answer, partially because it’s hard to verbalize the...

Sep 21, 2020
9 min

Kickstarter Lessons from The Emerald Flame Pt. 2

More lessons from The Emerald Flame Kickstarter, including setting up the project page and running the campaign.

Aug 26, 2020
6 min

Puzzle Testing Process

How do I playtest puzzles? Here's a detailed walk through the process.

Aug 19, 2020
7 min

Kickstarter Lessons from The Emerald Flame Pt. 1: Before Launch

Takeaways from The Emerald Flame and best practices for Kickstarter before launch.

Jun 22, 2020
8 min

Craft Corner: Laser Cutting Pt. 1

The first in a 2-part series about prototyping with a laser cutter.

Jun 8, 2020
3 min

Designer Diary 8 - Puzzle Inspirations

The 8th in a series of designer diaries about The Emerald Flame, focusing on puzzle inspiration.

May 8, 2020
5 min

Designer Diary 7 - Interaction

A designer diary about making puzzles and improving user interaction in The Emerald Flame.

Apr 23, 2020
4 min

Designer Diary 6 - Prototyping

Sharing some of my prototyping process for The Emerald Flame, and an intro to some basic prototyping tools.

Mar 17, 2020
3 min

Designer Diary 5 - Aiming for Accessibility

I love making puzzles, but they mean a lot less without other people. How can we design to make games accessible for a broader audience?

Feb 25, 2020
3 min

Designer Diary 4 - Puzzle Mechanics

I’ve written a couple posts about making puzzles before, but just as I try to learn new things and improve my work, there’s always more...

Jan 23, 2020
3 min

Designer Diary 3 - Digitizing and Analoguing

This third installment about the making The Emerald Flame is about the process of working with digital and analogue art.

Dec 16, 2019
2 min

Designer Diary 2 - So. Much. Drawing.

A post about the hand-drawn art in the new PostCurious project.

Nov 25, 2019
2 min

Designer Diary 1 - Inspirations #1

I’ve been working on a new game ever since The Tale of Ord was finished -- here's some insight into the process.

Jul 19, 2019
4 min

Creating Experiences: Where to Begin?

I’ve encountered a good handful of people that have expressed interest in creating games or experiences of their own, but feel like they...