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Where to put a castle gate
A small placement bug in a browser game, and the rule we chose so it stays fixed on every level.
Gamification that helps people learn
Streaks, badges and games can reward real practice or reward gaming the system. How we design them so the fastest way up is to actually learn.
New art for a game, without touching the game
How Braineos's Tower Defense swapped placeholder circles for castle art: a drawing-only change, one module of SVG path data, and two surprises along the way.
Balancing a tower defense game where gold comes from flashcards
How we turned an old idle tower defense prototype into a quiz game for Braineos, and used a headless bot to tune it so knowing the cards wins and ignoring them loses.