Kai Kuehner

I love making games!

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Check out the new hit indie game "Stressed Machine" that my friend made -> https://t.co/8o688nW68n

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

The modern gamer will be happy to pay $70 for a game, so long as they know that the extra $10 went to precompiling the shaders.

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Gamedev Tip: Be sure to precompile all your shaders. This will reduce Ludonarrative Dissonance

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

@sylviefluff Games should be cheaper the longer they are. Anything over 8 hours and the player should be getting paid (basically 2nd job)

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Just posted "How To Make Good Small Games", my new 6k-word manifesto blog post epic about having radical pride in your art. Give it a read! https://t.co/hzptyS6i7j

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

It can be tempting to immediately dismiss game design elements like this- "oh I just don't like timers"- but I've been trying to have the mindset of "meeting games at their level", and I find they often have much to teach me...

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Playing different games close together can sometimes reveal unexpected insights... for example, both Hades and The Stanley Parable are roguelikes

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Adding a time limit can help the player raise their "threshold of secret-checking", and tells them "you should only check spots that you're pretty sure will have something." That way the player has more joyful success and less disappointment.

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Game design tip: Gear with mod slots is better because mod chips power up gameplay properties.

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

@BoboTheCat_Game It felt somewhat tedious, but it also made that space very memorable. I know I'll be reminded of that one spot when I think of that game.

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Goofus: Backtracking is bad because it's boring to visit the same room twice.
Gallant: Backtracking is good because it helps a world feel like a home to inhabit, rather than a set of throwaway challenges.

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

@BoboTheCat_Game Yeah... this tweet was just as much to convince myself as anything else (I've never really made a game with much backtracking). I was playing "Elephantasy" today, which has a section I had to revisit probably 10-20 times...

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

@e_milyrealms DuckBricks just posted this in Discord https://t.co/uRgzW0JKRa

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

Thank you for the feedback. My next kittenlike will include a mechanic where if you hold the SPRINT button (bound to Shift or RB), the kitten will move 20% faster for 5 seconds, after which it will become tired and need to nap for 1 minute.

[Kai Kuehner @KaiKuehner]

The twelfth fish in Bell's Beach is one of those magic game design moments that I'll be thinking about for a while. https://t.co/5TxtjTBJZD