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Notes from the tuning sheet

Short, specific, written between playtests. Newest first.

14 Sept 20261 min read

Before the spreadsheet, before the loop diagram, a system needs one verb a player can say out loud.

2 Aug 20261 min read

Notes on tuning a live economy when the only honest instrument is the player's next decision.

19 Jul 20261 min read

How I actually use language models in a design workflow, and the two jobs I will not hand over.