35 Best Game Design Blogs and Websites

1. Extra Credits

Extra Credits Youtube channel providies short (~5 minute) animated videos explaining and exploring different elements of game design and consideration...s for designers.more
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Facebook 61.7KTwitter 48.7K Frequency 1 post / day Since Aug 2011 FeedSpot 922 Posts 1402 Location US
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2. League of GameMakers - The Best Games Are Yet To Be Made

A blog about making tabletop games from a diverse group of designers, publishers, developers and artists.
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3. GAMEDESIGNING - Become a Video Game Designer

The aspiring video game designers guide to becoming a successful game designer, developer, or artist.
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Facebook 552Twitter 238 Frequency 3 posts / quarter FeedSpot 2.9K Posts 329 DA 49 Location US
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4. snomaN Gaming

Home of Good Game Design where they analyze principles of what makes games great.
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Facebook 246Twitter 5.3K Frequency 1 post / year Since Dec 2013 FeedSpot 799 Posts 105 Location US
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5. Dr. Lewis Pulsipher - Game Design | Youtube

This channel is about game design, and occasionally about game development. Dr. Lewis Pulsipher is the author of Game Design: How to Create Video and ...Tabletop Games, Start to Finish (McFarland).more
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Twitter 783 Frequency 2 posts / week Since Sep 2013 FeedSpot 2.1K Posts 453 Location US
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6. The Psychology of Video Games by Jamie Madigan

The mission of blog is to popularize the application of psychology to creating and understanding video games. Whether you want to know about the psych...ology behind why good game design works, why people act and think as they do when they play games, or how those who market and sell games take advantage of psychological quirks, you'll find something cool and interesting here.more
psychologyofgames.com
Facebook 3.7KTwitter 5.2K Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 3.2K Posts 1218 DA 54 Location US
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7. Sirlin.Net - Game Design

Sirlin designed video games such as Street Fighter HD Remix, Puzzle Fighter HD Remix, and Kongai. He's designed tabletop games such as Yomi, Puzzl...e Strike, Pandante, and Flash Duel. He discusses the craft of game design with his lead playtester.more
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Facebook 3.2KTwitter 2.7K Frequency 1 post / year FeedSpot 731 Posts 146 DA 54 Location US
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8. Raph's Website

A professional game designer and frequent writer on issues of interactive design, Raph Koster was the lead designer on the seminal online world ULTIMA... ONLINE, which first brought online worlds to the mass market.more
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Twitter 20.8K Frequency 4 posts / year FeedSpot 730 Posts 49 DA 70 Location US
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9. Ludology Blog

Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how's and why's of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explo...res a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, as well as discuss game history, game design and game players.more
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Frequency 3 posts / month Since Feb 2011 FeedSpot 2.1K Posts 520 DA 40
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10. 2D Game Art for Programmers

2Dgameartguru.com shares tutorials, tips and tricks about game art creation, designing with open source tools like Inkscape, Krita and Gimp.
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Twitter 745 Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 734 Posts 1286 DA 36 Location Germany
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11. Soren Johnson - DESIGNER NOTES

This blog is about Soren Johnson's Game Design Journal.
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Twitter 9.3K Frequency 6 posts / quarter FeedSpot 2.3K Posts 1187 DA 46 Location US
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12. Daniel Solis

Daniel Solis is a multiple award-winning game designer. Creator of Belle of the Ball (Dice Hate Me Games); Kodama: the Tree Spirits (Action Phase Game...s); Princess Bride: As You Wish (GameSalute); Spycraft: Need To Know (Crafty Games); and many more self-published card games! This blog is mostly about game design, graphic design, typography and art direction.more
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Twitter 8.1K Frequency 2 posts / month FeedSpot 710 Posts 1529 DA 40 Location US
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13. The Board Game Design Course Blog

Hey, I'm Joe. I'm a board game designer and of course a board game enthusiast! I'm always looking for ways to connect game designers and f...ans more easily. Find tips, tricks, and helpful information for board game designers, including Kickstarter and game design advice.more
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Facebook 581Twitter 1.2K Frequency 8 posts / day FeedSpot 67 Posts 60 DA 22 Location Canada
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14. Keith Burgun Blog

Keith Burgun is a game designer, writer, composer and visual artist from Westchester, NY. He has written two books on game design and he is a founde...r of Dinofarm Games.more
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Facebook 29Twitter 2K Frequency 1 post / month FeedSpot 1.6K Posts 254 DA 42 Location US
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15. Kind Fortress - Isaac Shalev

This blog is all about board game design. Isaac Shalev is Board-gamer, game designer, host of On Board Games.
kindfortress.com
Facebook 230Twitter 3.2K FeedSpot 553 Posts 46 DA 28 Location US
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16. Board Game Design Lab

The Board Game Design Lab is a hub for specific topics in board game design. Here you'll find a ton of resources and interviews with the top desig...ners, publishers, and insiders in the gaming industry. If you're looking for a site that will help you design great games people love, this is it. This show does a deep dive into subjects that listeners find extremely valuable as they progress through their game design journeys.more
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Twitter 2.9K Frequency 10 posts / year Since Dec 2016 FeedSpot 1.5K Posts 576 DA 34
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17. Molecular Jig Games - Biochemistry and Game Design

Molecular Jig Games is for to increase general knowledge of molecular behavior. Proteins, lipids, drugs, allergens, vaccines, degradable plastic, ocea...n acidification, heath: molecules are the key to understanding many important concepts. The goal will be accomplish by creating games that take place in the molecular world and making them available to as wide an audience as possible.more
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Facebook 243 Frequency 1 post / quarter FeedSpot 611 Posts 75 DA 38 Location US
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18. Shaun Spalding | Youtube

Shaun Spalding Youtube channel shares hundred of tutorial videos on learning how to build video games. Specifically using GameMaker: Studio and GameMa...ker Studio 2.more
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Twitter 12K Frequency 1 post / week FeedSpot 694 Posts 336 Location UK
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19. The Game Crafter Official Podcast

A weekly podcast hosted by JT Smith and Jeff King that covers news, events, tips, and helpful advice on utilizing the print on demand services of The ...Game Crafter.more
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Facebook 4.8KTwitter 9K FeedSpot 637 Posts 215 DA 27 Location US
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20. Design a Game - Pietro Polsinelli

Pietro Polsinelli is a game designer and developer, mostly working on applied (a.k.a. educational) games. He try to present the projects he has worked... on, past and present; he also try to define some features of the future ones, at least, the ones he hope to do; in that section he also briefly present some of his skills and defects.more
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Twitter 2.6K FeedSpot 630 Posts 23 DA 31 Location Italy
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21. Indie By Design - We create video game books & podcasts

Independent By Design is a creator and publisher of quality books that celebrate and document the indie video game space. Our goal is to help preserve... and understand great games, people and studios. The company began life in 2015 when it was founded by Stace Harman and John Robertson.more
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Twitter 2.4KInstagram 294 FeedSpot 647 Posts 55 DA 30 Location UK
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22. Games Precipice

A blog exploring the depths of tabletop game design. Featuring a monthly topic and weekly subtopics, we examine design steps, concepts, mechanics, imp...lementation and use editorials to help new and aspiring game designers improve their ideas.more
gamesprecipice.com
Facebook 390Twitter 486 FeedSpot 699 Posts 12 DA 34 Location US
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23. Sande Chen - Game Design Aspect of the Month

Sande Chen is a writer and game designer whose game credits span 10 years in the industry. Her writing credits include 1999 Independent Games Festival... winner Terminus and the PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher, for which she was nominated for a 2007 Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing. more
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Twitter 1.7K FeedSpot 1.5K Posts 257 DA 34
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24. TGIK Games Blog - Game Design, Design Process and Review

TGIK Games is a board game design studio and publisher. They makes games for the hobby gamer, casual gamer and educational games.
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Facebook 175Twitter 2.5K FeedSpot 745 Posts 32 DA 17 Location US
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25. Make Them Play - Bastiaan Reinink

Follow this blog for Learning About Board Game Design.
makethemplay.com
Facebook 177Twitter 725 Frequency 6 posts / year FeedSpot 703 Posts 83 DA 21 Location Netherlands
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26. Games by Manuel Correia Blog

Manuel Correia is a game designer of both digital and analog games. You might have played one of the games He worked on while at InnoGames, Gambrinous..., Digital Furnace, SixMinute, Miniclip or Gameinvest.more
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Facebook 617Twitter 1.8K FeedSpot 637 Posts 26 DA 21 Location Germany
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27. Dan Kenny Game Design Blog

Dan Kenny is an award winning game developer, writer and artist. He was named one of Develop magazines 30 Under 30 developers of 2012. He previously f...ounded Eyesodic Games and developed the award winning Reapers End and Life After Us games. He have over 8 years experience in games design, concept design and animation using industry standard tools. more
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Facebook 56Twitter 819 FeedSpot 629 Posts 107 DA 16 Location Ireland
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28. Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology

Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology is India's leading professional college offering bachelor's and advanced diploma courses in ...game development, game programming, game art & game design and augmented reality & virtual reality. Follow the blog to learn Game Design and Development from the best.more
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Facebook 141.3K Frequency 1 post / quarter Since Jun 2015 FeedSpot 542 Posts 38 DA 28 Location India
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29. No Hidden Info - Michael Ardizzone

A strategy game design and programming blog. This blog is a place to show friends and interested parties an ideas on strategy game design and programm...ing.more
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Twitter 68 FeedSpot 617 Posts 20 DA 8 Location US
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30. Tien Tam - Game Design Blog

Tien Tam is a 3D Generalist and Game Designer with a focus on creating engaging content. Excels at cross-disciplinary collaboration to create, impleme...nt, and deliver optimized game assets. more
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31. Game Design Wit | Youtube

The study and discussion of game design.
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