A game development log where I share the hardest game design problems, and share thoughts on the games I'm playing. My name is John Rudolph Drexler and you can find my games at catacombian.com
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A game development log where I share the hardest game design problems, and share thoughts on the games I'm playing. My name is John Rudolph Drexler and you can find my games at catacombian.com
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8/19/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
29: Form factor is everything
<p>You can have one action in 3 different form factors, and you've got 3 essentially different games. It's worth iterating a lot to find the one that unlocks the biggest design space.</p>
June 2, 2026
28: I accidentally made a whole game in 3 weeks
May 21, 2026
27: The trouble with abundance
<p>I want to be generous, not chintzy with the coolest parts of my game. But that does not mean I should be generous with all the parts of my game. Brian Moriarty's talk linked <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0OY1RDe8Yg">here</a>. </p>
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