About

This is a weekly (mostly video) game design newsletter. I want to help others avoid the same mistakes I made and generally give back to the industry I love so much (among other reasons).

I founded Unknown Worlds in 2003 and was the original creator of Natural Selection, Natural Selection 2, Subnautica and Vampire the Masquerade: Vendetta.

Essay topics include game systems design, survival mechanics, specific design decisions in the below games, design leadership, finding fun in your games and more about where design meets business. I hope it will be mostly design, but I’ve seen quite the appetite for business and leadership as well, so I’ll be covering some of that.

Please feel free to write me about anything at all: charlie@charliecleveland.com.

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