{"id":88,"date":"2020-01-26T14:13:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T14:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brown-sheep-511001.hostingersite.com\/carla\/?p=88"},"modified":"2020-06-23T20:30:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T20:30:48","slug":"january-prototyping-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weirdgiraffegames.com\/carla\/2020\/01\/26\/january-prototyping-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"January Prototyping Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of things you can do to improve your game design speed and part of that is creating your prototypes faster. If you can focus on actually playing your games, you&#8217;ll make a lot more progress than if you&#8217;re stuck on making your prototypes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month is all about tokens! I&#8217;ve done a variety of things in the past; card stock, printing on regular paper and using soft foam, but my favorite is buying circle tokens and labels and getting a set of new tokens made in minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/weirdgiraffegames.com\/carla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cats.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weirdgiraffegames.com\/carla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cats.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weirdgiraffegames.com\/carla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cats-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weirdgiraffegames.com\/carla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cats-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Things needed: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07WMV56R6\/?ref=exp_weirdgiraffes_dp_vv_d\">1 inch Circle Tokens<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/818MNukNcsL._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00DSYED3U\/?ref=exp_weirdgiraffes_dp_vv_d\">1 inch Circle Labels<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91D9P78G78L._AC_SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you go on their website and get templates here:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avery.com\/templates\/6450\">https:\/\/www.avery.com\/templates\/6450<\/a> . I use the Word template, but there&#8217;s also Illustrator, Photoshop, and PDF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love this, as it involves no cutting, just a quick print and sticking to the tokens. The circles have a great tactile feel, but are still lightweight and relatively inexpensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get more prototyping supplies here:  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/weirdgiraffes\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/weirdgiraffes<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you enjoy this entry? Please let me know I&#8217;d love to hear what you think and what kind of things you&#8217;d like to see from this blog. Feel free to send me an <a href=\"mailto:contact@weirdgiraffegames.com\">email<\/a> or comment with your thoughts! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to sign up for my mailing list if you learned anything from this:  <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/carlakopp\">https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/carlakopp<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot of things you can do to improve your game design speed and part of that is creating your prototypes faster. 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