Current State of A Taste for the King May 2022 Edition
A Taste for the King has been in development for just over a year now. It has gone through several revisions but has largely managed to keep its core gameplay loop and theme. The...
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Updates After Protospiel Online (April 2022 Edition)
This weekend I attended Protospiel Online for the second time. Once again I brought my game A Taste for the King but unlike last time, this version was under-tested. The new version included the...
The Demon Trainer
The Demon Trainer was my entry to the 50th Ludum Dare game jam. The prompt was Delay the Inevitable and my take on this was visiting a cursed gym where the more you exercise,...
Adding Interaction Through Wagers
One longstanding issue with A Taste for the King has been the relative lack of interaction between players. Interaction comes through roleplaying and banter between the players and a couple of action cards. Now...
Thoughts on Scoring with Symbols
Since I started working A Taste for the King, one of the things I’ve been concerned about is that people who have trouble with symbols would struggle with the game. The way the game...
The Duplicity of Hippocras
I thought I would quickly cover the reasons for why there have been two Hippocras cards in A Taste for the King for a large part of its development. At first glance this may...
Addressing Protospiel Online Feedback
I recently attended Protospiel Online. This is a weekend event run through Discord that matches game designers with playtesters. As you may expect I attended with the goal of getting some public playtesting for...
A Taste for the King Early Access Release
This is just a quick post to say that A Taste for the King Print and Play Edition is now available to purchase in early access on itch.io. You can buy the game now...
When You Should Use class_name in Godot 3 and Why
In this quick tip I’ll explain what class_name in Godot 3.1+ does and when and why you should use it. In Godot (talking mainly about GDscript) all scripts extend one of the base classes...
The Problem with Linen
When choosing specifications for the standard edition of a Taste for the King we considered providing the game with a linen texture on the cards and box. Linen gives a nicer feel when shuffling...