This short essay is a meditation on production value and a retrospective on SPINE, six months after its release. As I was preparing to publish it, I received the news that SPINE has been nominated for Game of the Year, Best Writing, and Most Innovative for the Indie Groundbreaker Awards, which is an honor. It's been lovely to see people take an interest in the game, and I'm excited to share some of the photos I've received since October.This post is indebted to the Explorers Design and Dice Exploder discords. Thank you to everyone who let me pick their brain on what production value means and its relationship to production quality.High Production Value Isn’t Always GoodProduction value is a term that is used in a few different creative industries and hobbies, from film and board games to digital media and streaming. I have seen it discussed occasionally in tabletop RPGs, and it is a category in the ENNIEs. Generally, it can mean the perceived expense or worth of a product based on…
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