A developer notebook — writing about how games and software work, and building a game in public.https://devbro.fr/enhttps://devbro.fr/blog/dashline-first-prototype/https://devbro.fr/blog/dashline-first-prototype/I'd just written an essay talking myself out of multiplayer, then immediately prototyped a multiplayer game. Why Dashline changed my mind.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMTdevlogdashlineprototypingmultiplayerhttps://devbro.fr/blog/what-makes-a-game-good/https://devbro.fr/blog/what-makes-a-game-good/A plain-English summary of my research into why games work: motivation, flow, toxicity, multiplayer, what players want now, platforms, and the brutal problem of getting noticed.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMTessaygame-designplayer-psychologyindie-devsolo-devmarketinghttps://devbro.fr/blog/notebook-start/https://devbro.fr/blog/notebook-start/My first post here: why I'm building in the open, what I'll write, and the one rule I'm not going to let myself break.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTdevlogbuild-in-publicmeta