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Developers take to Twitter to share pithy game design tips

An interesting smorgasbord of game design advice is accruing on Twitter today under #ShareAGameDesignTip as developers of varying experience levels, backgrounds and projects offer lessons learned.

Alex Wawro, Contributor

August 25, 2015

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You can find an interesting smorgasbord of game design advice on Twitter today under the hashtag #ShareAGameDesignTip, which sprung up yesterday and began picking up speed this morning as developers from around the industry joined in.

While the conversation seems to have sprung from the Twitter account of a tabletop game design podcast, a number of video game developers of varying experience levels, backgrounds and projects joined in to start offering their own lessons learned.

It's a neat mix of tongue-in-cheek and earnest advice, so we've taken the liberty of collecting some of our favorites into a Storify list you can quickly skim through below.

If you're looking for more pithy words of wisdom from successful game developers, you might consider checking out our rundown of 10 quotes every game dev should remember. For more in-depth lessons learned, take a look at today's feature about crucial lessons learned by developers who wound up polishing their game jam prototypes into commercial games.

 

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