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Working with artists in game design – IGDN Summer Series

Jason Ward from Accidental Cyclops Games moderates members of Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) and a professional artist in a conversation about game designers working with artists.

Jason WardAugust 22, 2026

Gaming Business Indie Games

TTRPG Design Budgets – IGDN Summer Series

Jason Ward from Accidental Cyclops Games convened with two other designers from Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) to talk about TTRPG design budgets.

Jason WardJune 29, 2026

Game Design Philosophy Strangehollow

Creature Ecology & Encounters

When designing encounters, let nature be your guide Without getting too deeply into the role of encounters in a TTRPG, it is often the case that our games and sessions tend to be a series of encounters with brief montages or lulls in between. We tend to write story arcs…

Jason WardSeptember 2, 2025

Gaming Business Indie Games

Managing Risks in TTRPG Crowdfunding – IGDN Summer Series

In the summer of 2025, Jason Ward from Accidental Cyclops Games sat down with some great folks from the Indie Game Developer Network (IGDN) to talk about managing TTRPG crowdfunding risks. It was a lively conversation with several veterans of the indie TTRPG industry.

Jason WardJuly 1, 2025

Protospiel Play Test by Accidental Cyclops

Game Design Philosophy Prototyping

Games as Experiences

Games are designed experiences. In the end, having a stellar game is about creating an immersive, interesting and engaging experience, which is at the heart of most kinds of design.

Jason WardJuly 1, 2022

Game Design Philosophy Prototyping

The Pitch: Vetting Your Game Design

The accountability that a team creates is critical to pushing only the best ideas forward and keeping momentum in the game design process.

Jason WardApril 29, 2022

Game Design Philosophy Gaming Business

The Language Barrier in Game Design

Here at Accidental Cyclops, we spend a lot of time thinking about words. Sexy, right? Designing a game takes a lot of thought about how to present ideas, often complex or abstract ideas. Many of the ideas we are working on require a shared understanding about what specific words or…

Mikey HawrylukSeptember 18, 2021

The Accidental Cyclops Blog

Working with artists in game design – IGDN Summer Series

TTRPG Design Budgets – IGDN Summer Series

Creature Ecology & Encounters

Managing Risks in TTRPG Crowdfunding – IGDN Summer Series

Games as Experiences

The Pitch: Vetting Your Game Design

The Language Barrier in Game Design

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