Balancing freedom and focus: How game design guides the player through an open world
Note: This article originally appeared in Danish on Version2.dk, and was written by Christian Laumark. It can be read in the original Danish here. Translation provided by Mikkel Zangenberg.With Flashbulb Games' own open world game "Trailmakers" as a starting point, game designer Christian Laumark explains how to guide players in the right direction
Build Challenge 173: Video Games!
Hi, Trailmakers! Congratulations to gabe [🔧] [Steam] and 𝕮𝖆𝖑𝖛𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖊_🇺🇦 on winning the Steampunk Challenge! Now, it's time for the Video Game Challenge! #VideoGameChallenge The ground rules for submitting your entry to the build challenge: 🎮 Steam Players: Submit your entry blueprint to #build-challenge-submissions! If you like, you can ALSO upload it to the
Build Challenge 172: Steampunk!
Hi, Trailmakers! Congratulations to Glomer and Epicdoodle on winning the Movie Challenge! Now, it's time for the Steampunk Challenge! #SteampunkChallenge The ground rules for submitting your entry to the build challenge: ⚙️ Steam Players: Submit your entry blueprint to #build-challenge-submissions! If you like, you can ALSO upload it to the Steam Workshop with
Build Challenge 171: Movie Challenge!
Hi, Trailmakers! Congratulations to Kaptn Klutch and tacocat300000 on winning the Mini Build Challenge with their builds - a mini golf course(!!!) and a sweet small semi truck! Now, it's time for the Movie Challenge! #MovieChallenge The ground rules for submitting your entry to the build challenge:🎥 Steam Players: Submit your entry blueprint
Community News
We've got a redesign of the Trailmakers homepage, which includes a Community section! I'm going to use this part of the website to showcase the excellent things the community makes, and more!
Update 1.5: Decals is out on Steam!
Hi, Trailmakers!We just released update 1.5 - the Decals update- on Steam! If you’ve been following our social media or Discord, you’ll know that the console version of update 1.5 isn’t quite ready yet - but for a pretty good reason!We’re making native versions of Trailmakers for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S!
