☉Getting Started

What is Machinations?

If you’re working on a game and/or are learning or teaching game design you can use Machinations to:

• Map game systems in an interactive diagram
• Set parameters that define resource flows
• Plot and analyse these results in the chart, real-time
• Simulate outcomes for on player journeys (Play) or stochastically (Multiple Quick Plays)
• Export simulation outcomes in CSV
• Export design parameters to Google Sheets

• Game designers who want to reduce iteration time by up to 90%, reduce guesswork, spot flaws, predict gameplay outcomes, communicate to their team their exact vision, work collaboratively
• Producers who want to save on production time, be always up to date with the latest version of game design, smooth communication between team members, predict KPIs accurately
• Consultants who want to efficiently communicate their ideas to clients, drive their point across relying on science, create a clear portfolio, streamline their work, save time on ideation and handoff
• Developers who want an easy way of “translating” game design to code
• Analysts who want a tool for rapidly predicting KPIs and outcomes
• Professors who want a dedicated framework for teaching game design and abstract thinking and a platform that supports working collaboratively
• Students who want to develop a promising set of skills to build a career upon

Using a Turing-complete visual language, provides you with the power of multiple simulations (Monte Carlo) at a click of a button, without you needing to write macros or code. This results in an easy way of identifying weaknesses in your game design.

On average, our users said Machinations saved them 50% of the time it usually took them to perform their day-to-day work. For some of them, this goes up to even 90%.

Machinations uses a game-centric framework & language. The diagrams themselves are dynamic, so you can visualize the flow of Resources you design. Anyone involved in a task has a clear vision of the end goal.