No Update in 7+ Years
Please update this app for modern devices. Itโs painful to use, and the UI could be simple and adaptive.
Needs android version
This is a great tol for analyzing a game design. But with 20 years in the industry I can guarentee you that nobody with an actual job has an iPad unless they have the misfortune of working on ports.
Thank you for making this app
๐ฅฐ this helps a lot to get introduction to becoming a game designer
No Update in 6 Years
Please update this app for modern devices. Itโs painful to use, and the UI could be simple and adaptive.
Life changing book
Thank you for the book. You changed my life
Great information, archaic design.
The information this app provides (especially when paired with the book) is amazing. However, it desperately needs A) a search function and B) proper display support for iPhone 10. Also, the sound design makes me cry, and itโs far too easy to accidentally favorite lenses. Cโmon, you can do better than that!
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Great App
Just from reading the previous reviews, I can tell that the app developer is listening to what people are saying. Several things have been fixed, and you can now swipe between the cards freely, which feels nice, and makes the experience more fluid.
Beyond that, all the advice and questions are very helpful, and it's always good to gain a bit of perspective on a project. Some of the tips apply to more than just games, too!
Beyond that, all the advice and questions are very helpful, and it's always good to gain a bit of perspective on a project. Some of the tips apply to more than just games, too!
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A must have for any game developer
This is my go to source when validating and improving any game I'm making. Buy the book "the art of game design - a book of lenses" and use that combined with this app. Your games, users and bank account will thank you.
Love the book and this App
Great companion app to the book. Highly recommend reading the book along with this. Many of the lenses (Holographic Design? Endogenous Value?) make much more sense if you've read about them.
Tremendous game design tool
Previously having been an amazing physical card deck, the digital A Deck of Lenses is a great tool to hone, adjust, or modify any video or board game design. It's a phenomenal tool for those of us in the field. If you make games, or are learning about / teaching game making, I highly recommend this tool. (Review by a game designer with 13 years of professional experience)
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Great Companion to the book!
The book which this App is based off of is a fantastic read, even if you're just interested in design in general.
Fixed, crashed, fixed
The new version addresses all my previous issues. Thanks.
:Update 1:
Was working, but now I can't open open any card. Crashes every time. Might be related to the favorites system?
Sounds are annoying.
:Update 2:
Crash issue appears to be fixed. It is good to have this working again!
:Update 1:
Was working, but now I can't open open any card. Crashes every time. Might be related to the favorites system?
Sounds are annoying.
:Update 2:
Crash issue appears to be fixed. It is good to have this working again!
Excellence...
...is all you need, my fellow bipedal people!
Love the Book. This App, Not So Much
Wish there was something more than a menu-driven-heck of "cards". Can't even do the fundamental act of real cards, toss one aside when I'm done with it. Even a web page of text of this stuff would be better, since I would be able to copy and paste that into a text file and type up notes on a game.
As someone else pointed out, I wish the creator of this app had read the book. This takes away from the experience of book (along with Disney Interactive being a money-losing venture for the company).
As someone else pointed out, I wish the creator of this app had read the book. This takes away from the experience of book (along with Disney Interactive being a money-losing venture for the company).
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Appreciate it
Thanks for making it free, though it's worth.
Great content, average app
Fantastic content but app interface feels foreign and clunky.
Very useful info
Solid well articulated advice for game development of all types.
Excellent
Very happy that this exists, the cards themselves are hard to het hold of so this really helps.
A hundred excellent design questions in you pocket!
As a game designer with over 15 years in the industry, it's great to have all the cards available on a moments notice.
Weirdly enough, I do wish the interface had taken its own content's advice. The design is a bit clunky. Why can't I swipe between cards instead of returning to the menu over and over? Aesthetically speaking, why the extra white space at the bottom of the cards?
I'd love to see a way of learning the cards turned into a game in and of itself, utilizing it's own principles.
But all that aside, I'm just happy to be able to reference at a moments notice all the wonderful tips, hints, and probing questions of the single best game design book I've ever come across.
Weirdly enough, I do wish the interface had taken its own content's advice. The design is a bit clunky. Why can't I swipe between cards instead of returning to the menu over and over? Aesthetically speaking, why the extra white space at the bottom of the cards?
I'd love to see a way of learning the cards turned into a game in and of itself, utilizing it's own principles.
But all that aside, I'm just happy to be able to reference at a moments notice all the wonderful tips, hints, and probing questions of the single best game design book I've ever come across.
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Excellent book
I love the book. I was going to copy all the lenses by hand into Evernote but this is so much more useful.
