PatternChooser
Devlog
- November 29, 2025 by David#PatternChooser, #tool, #webtool, #utility, #game design, #indie game designI’ve finally reached 50 game design patterns in PatternChooser. They’ve been illustrated, given flavor text to, researched a bit about the history for, and they’ve been given categories to show... Continue reading

- November 27, 2025 by David#PatternChooser, #Game Design, #Game Design Patterns, #level design, #mechanics, #indie dev, #indie game dev, #devlog, #retro aesthetics, #design tools, #browser toolsI love it when a day goes as planned. Yesterday, I uploaded eight more patterns, created their cards, and today the same happened–Bringing my game design pattern total to 40! Just 10 more to go to r... Continue reading

- November 26, 2025 by David#patternchooser, #devlog, #Game Design, #Game Development, #Design Tools, #AI Art, #AI-Assisted Art, #Illustration, #Card Design, #Indie Dev( Deferred Choice ) If you’ve been following my work lately, you know I’ve been building a web tool called PatternChooser — a gallery of illustrated game-design pattern “cards” meant to educ... Continue reading

- November 20, 2025 by David#PatternChooser, #Devlog, #game design, #game development, #browser tool, #creative tool, #utility, #productivity, #learning tool, #educationDay 3: (Part of the Actionary Series — Tools for Thinking in Play) PatternChooser, the second installment in the Actionary series of tools designed to help game devs — including myself — spark c... Continue reading

- November 20, 2025 by David#PatternChooser, #Devlog, #game development, #game design, #design tool, #creative tool, #utility, #productivity, #learning tool, #educationAlthough this is only the second update, and day #9 of working on PatternChooser with Spruce, I have pride in what I’ve accomplished in only 9 days. It’s 9 days of working on the project after del... Continue reading

- November 20, 2025 by David#PatternChooser, #Devlog, #Tool, #Game Development, #game design, #Browser Tool, #creative tool, #learning tool, #educationIt’s been a few days. This is day #7 of working on PatternChooser alongside Spruce – My AI Partner. I decided to grab a handful of game design patterns to work on the Webtool with, and these image... Continue reading
