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Adding the sexy with paper prototyping

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Paper prototyping is about making your game ideas playable as fast as possible. This allows you to catch mistakes that would have been very expensive to correct later on. It also means that you can get a feel for the gameplay without relying on artists or programmers. Paper prototyping is about using a game engine that runs on your own creativity.

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How to build your own paper prototyping kit

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Whether you’re looking to improve your game design chops or just trying to get your start in the field, you should consider building a paper prototyping kit for yourself. Having this kit means you can easily try out your ideas and get other people excited about them.

In this article I will explain what you should put in your kit and you can go about acquiring the parts.

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Game Design

Why I’m making an anti-dating sim

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Pictured: Youth well wasted

When I was young and horny, I would play a lot of dating sims and other types of “adult” games. I would either pirate these games via torrents or play free Flash games on sites like Newgrounds.com.