Despite its super-short development cycle, "Mars or Die!" felt like a special game to me. Much to my dismay, at the moment of writing these words the game has a Metacritic score of 55, a "Mostly Negative" overall Steam review, and isn't looking likely to make us filthy rich. We will explore some of the reasons why a game can go wrong out of the thousands possible mistakes a designer can make, why we couldn't see the pitfalls, what we thought we knew (and we didn't), and the steps we are currently taking to salvage the game - even when we probably shouldn't.

1. How to fail at game design
A firsthand experience
Giuseppe Enrico Franchi
Milan | November 29 - 30, 2018

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Giuseppe Enrico Franchi, Founder & Lead Game Designer @
Mainly Game Design, but also Marketing and Bizdev perspective

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29. July 2018(screenshot: September)

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41. Thank you
Q&A
Giuseppe Enrico Franchi, Founder & Lead Game Designer @
gfranchi@34bigthings.com
@gefranchi