30 Best Game Design Blogs and Websites

1. Extra Credits

US
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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61.7K 48.5K 1 post / day Aug 2011 FeedSpot 957 Posts 1433 Get Email Contact

2. GAMEDESIGNING - Become a Video Game Designer

US
The aspiring video game designers guide to becoming a successful game designer, developer, or artist.
gamedesigning.org
552 245 1 post / month FeedSpot 3K Posts 362 DA 49 Get Email Contact

3. snomaN Gaming

Seattle, Washington, US
Home of Good Game Design where they analyze principles of what makes games great.
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244 5.3K 1 post / week Dec 2013 FeedSpot 834 Posts 111 Get Email Contact

4. Dr. Lewis Pulsipher - Game Design | Youtube

Florida, US
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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786 1 post / week Sep 2013 FeedSpot 2.2K Posts 478 Get Email Contact

5. The Psychology of Video Games by Jamie Madigan

US
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
3.7K 5.2K 1 post / month FeedSpot 3.3K Posts 1220 DA 53 Get Email Contact

6. Raph's Website

San Diego, California, US
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
raphkoster.com
20.8K 3 posts / year FeedSpot 765 Posts 50 DA 70 Get Email Contact

7. 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
ludology.libsyn.com
1 post / week Feb 2011 FeedSpot 2.2K Posts 532 DA 40 Get Email Contact

8. 2D Game Art for Programmers

Germany
2Dgameartguru.com shares tutorials, tips and tricks about game art creation, designing with open source tools like Inkscape, Krita and Gimp.
2dgameartguru.com
749 1 post / day FeedSpot 769 Posts 1293 DA 36 Get Email Contact

9. Soren Johnson - DESIGNER NOTES

Silver Spring, Maryland, US
This blog is about Soren Johnson's Game Design Journal.
designer-notes.com
9.3K 3 posts / week FeedSpot 2.3K Posts 1193 DA 46 Get Email Contact

10. 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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2.9K 1 post / week Dec 2016 FeedSpot 1.6K Posts 588 DA 34 Get Email Contact

11. The Board Game Design Course Blog

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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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581 1.2K 8 posts / day FeedSpot 83 Posts 70 DA 22 Get Email Contact

12. Games by Manuel Correia Blog

Germany
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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617 1.8K 1 post / week FeedSpot 672 Posts 29 DA 21 Get Email Contact

13. Shaun Spalding | Youtube

England, UK
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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12K 1 post / week FeedSpot 729 Posts 345 Get Email Contact

14. 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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3.5K 4.5K FeedSpot 858 Posts 127 DA 37 Get Email Contact

15. Sirlin.Net - Game Design

California, US
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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3.2K 2.7K FeedSpot 766 Posts 146 DA 54 Get Email Contact

16. Daniel Solis

Durham, North Carolina, US
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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8.1K 27 posts / year FeedSpot 745 Posts 1529 DA 40 Get Email Contact

17. Kind Fortress - Isaac Shalev

Stamford, Connecticut, US
This blog is all about board game design. Isaac Shalev is Board-gamer, game designer, host of On Board Games.
kindfortress.com
230 3.2K FeedSpot 559 Posts 46 DA 28 Get Email Contact

18. Keith Burgun Blog

New York, US
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
keithburgun.net
29 2K 9 posts / year FeedSpot 1.7K Posts 254 DA 42 Get Email Contact

19. The Game Crafter Official Podcast

Madison, Wisconsin, US
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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4.8K 9K FeedSpot 654 Posts 215 DA 27 Get Email Contact

20. Design a Game - Pietro Polsinelli

Florence, Toscana, Italy
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
designagame.eu
2.6K FeedSpot 647 Posts 23 DA 31 Get Email Contact

21. Games Precipice

Atlanta, Georgia, US
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
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390 486 FeedSpot 716 Posts 12 DA 34 Get Email Contact

22. 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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1.7K FeedSpot 1.5K Posts 257 DA 34 Get Email Contact

23. TGIK Games Blog - Game Design, Design Process and Review

Ventura, California, US
TGIK Games is a board game design studio and publisher. They makes games for the hobby gamer, casual gamer and educational games.
tgikgamesblog.com
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24. Make Them Play - Bastiaan Reinink

Utrecht, Netherlands
Follow this blog for Learning About Board Game Design.
makethemplay.com
177 718 6 posts / year FeedSpot 738 Posts 83 DA 21 Get Email Contact

25. Dan Kenny Game Design Blog

Kilkenny, Ireland
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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26. Molecular Jig Games - Biochemistry and Game Design

Washington, US
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
molecularjig.com/blog
243 6 posts / year FeedSpot 628 Posts 75 DA 38 Get Email Contact

27. Backstage Pass Institute of Gaming and Technology

Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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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141.3K 1 post / quarter Jun 2015 FeedSpot 577 Posts 38 DA 28 Get Email Contact

28. No Hidden Info - Michael Ardizzone

New Jersey, US
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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29. 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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30. Game Design Wit | Youtube

US
The study and discussion of game design.
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