Gemistry

The Codex

Two Volumes. Real games.
No theory without practice.

Begin Volume I What is The Codex?
The Volumes
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Volume I
Foundations
First principles for designers who have shipped a real product and know which questions theory never answers.
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Volume II
Balancing a Game Economy
How a live economy breaks, bends, and holds. The craft of building systems that survive real players.
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The Guide
Guide
Joao · Bigfoot Games
He walked the path first.
Shipped real games. Designed real economies. The Codex is what he learned — written down so the next designer doesn't have to figure it out alone. Not an authority. The one who went first and is showing the way.