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Nov
It is with pride that we bring you the first in what we hope will be many articles by the illustrious Soren Johnson. The first ’7 Deadly Sins of Strategy Games’ goes through common and ‘deadly’ mistakes that Stategy games designs continue to fall prey to, what risks they pose and why you should avoid them.
Title: ‘7 Deadly Sins of Strategy Game‘
Written by: Soren Johnson (www.designer-notes.com)
Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on November 27th, 2008
Posted in: Game Design | | Comments (0)
