Clockwork Game Design

By finding and building around a strong core mechanism, we can access new levels of elegance and discover fresh new ideas in our game designs.

Clockwork Game Design is a functional and directly applicable theory for game design, particularly focusing on strategic and tactical games, but also more broadly applicable to many kinds of games. It details the Clockwork Game Design pattern, which focuses on building around a fundamental core functionality. You can then use this understanding to bui...