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Do you think writing is as valuable for someone who is a gam designer? I'm a game designer - there's almost no books on it because it's a ton of intuition.

I tested out some writing for /delegati, but felt like I was better off making art/designing new game concepts than writing articles.

Game dev logs are some of my favorite things to read on the web. You can share mechanics and techniques, document progress and changes, and general musings in a very multidisciplinary field.

Two good ones:

Derek Yu (Spelunky)
https://www.derekyu.com/makegames/

https://www.factorio.com/blog/

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The Factorio blog is always a delight because it's so high level in its communication while discussing interesting fundamentals and highly technical details of the engine while teasing new features. An example of a great technical blog