Archive - Melos Han-Tani - Game Designer on Games

The Book of Bumpslash: Player Combat Hacks

Inspired by Boghog’s hacks in their in-dev game Armed Decobot, I decided to try to think of some hacks that Angeline Era’s bumpslash combat system uses.

Nov 28 •

The Book of Bumpslash: Design and Coding of Angeline Era

Last Updated 11/28/2024

Nov 27 •

What I've been doing as Producer for Danchi Days

Working on Danchi Days on and off for the past 6 months or so has been a fun (and challenging) experience.

Nov 25 •

Ageism in Games: Stop Calling Old Games Outdated: A Self-Review of Anodyne

A plea. A self-review of my game Anodyne (2013) .

Nov 18 •

Thinking Out Loud: RPGs without Numbers and Turn-Based Action

Brainstorming about a strange RPG design space, and a new idea for turn-based Angeline Era-style bumpslash

Nov 13 •

Cross-Medium Drift

The tradeoffs when games adapt other media's conventions! Final Fantasy X, Metroidvanias, Super Mario Wonder, Death Stranding, Gacha Games...

Nov 10 •

Design Refineries

Recently I’ve been grappling with what systemic effects emerge from the ways the game industry curates content.

Nov 6 •

October 2024

4 Reasons why Danchi Days is a "Post-Cozy" Game

Learn about this cute adventure where a girl revives a Japanese summer festival, inspired by MOON, Hamtaro, Earthbound

Published on Danchi Days Game • Oct 4

September 2024

August 2024

Anodyne 2 Goes Open Source!

Learn how we put together this cult classic, award-nominated 2D and 3D game in the Unity game engine

Aug 11 •

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