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I'm a gamedev (he/him) Working on ARMED DECOBOT | Mechanical Star Astra. Game designer for Gunvein I also have a game design blog/patreon & make vids : https://www.patreon.com/c/Boghogooo https://www.youtube.com/@boghogSTG

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https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3mkqm4r53nc2i

Published: April 30, 2026 21:55

People already said almost everything wrt boss design but I think something worth noting here is that a lot of "lukewarm takes" people have actually have insanely radical design implications, they feel lukewarm to ppl because they're mainstream industry…

https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3mknugh372c2h

Published: April 29, 2026 19:45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXAJEAe0L2g Lol. Yeah man, they "specifically tuned" the 4 player modes in those 5 months of dev time, instead of balancing the game around 1-2 players and throwing 4 player modes in cuz of popular demand despite the design…

https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3mkixkal5hs24

Published: April 27, 2026 20:58

Good stuff! The thesis of the video seems to be "are these modes worth it" and I dunno if I think they are. Just how you shouldn't expect a shmup dev to create a massive story for their game, IMO at some point these modes gotta detract from the games even…

https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3mk5zzvo6xc2b

Published: April 23, 2026 12:43

I think a fruitful thing for arcade designers to think about is how to make games enjoyable & clear to new players even if they only have 1 very hard difficulty mode, have no extra modes & force 1cc's. That's some good ass core design stuff

https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3mk4og4zp5s23

Published: April 22, 2026 23:43

In retrospect I shoulda been more critical of Ghosts N Goblins Resurrection's garbage structure and metaprogression. It wasnt a one off fuck up, its modern Capcom's entire design philosophy actively making the game worse. Also non 0% chance that the…

https://bsky.app/profile/boghogstg.bsky.social/post/3mjynirswos2d

Published: April 21, 2026 09:16

Been thinking a little bit about Hastes structure again and I wonder how much of it is the result of this positive feedback loop. Because theres not much additional risk to going fast, the game needs frequent resets which encouraged devs to break it up…