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Industry News June 30, 2023

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain on lessons learned from failure: “When you do something right, you don’t always know why it’s right”

Everybody makes mistakes, but not everybody accepts them and learns from them. Tim Cain, prominent game designer and co-creator of some of the most famous RPGs, has opened up about how devs can make better games based on their failures.

Game Development June 7, 2023

Tim Cain on how to write design documents and why systems should always support game’s setting and story

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has detailed the process of writing design documents and how to avoid situations where people are making different games despite working on the same team. Here are some professional tips from one of the most recognized RPG developers.