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A whiteboard is worth more than thousands of lines of code.
Because this is where a gaming product is either won or lost.
Every gaming project teaches me the same lesson.
The first version is never built in an engine—it's built on a whiteboard.
That's where ideas compete, features get removed, and assumptions are challenged. The goal isn't to fit in every cool mechanic; it's to discover what will keep players coming back for "just one more match."
By the time development begins, dozens of decisions have already been made. Not because they were easy, but because building a great gaming experience starts long before the first line of code.
Founders don't just build games—they design the decisions behind them. Also I testing and gaming is my favourite genre.
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I'd launch with the right one.
Fintech approval flows and an ice cream ordering app in the same grid is a good showcase of range. The credit check screens especially, that's a category where the UI has to work hard to feel reassuring instead of stressful.