I’m writing this on a train from Geneva. It’s been two crazy weeks which explains for the lack of notes for a while. The big thing these past weeks was the first proper playtest for Saba. Week 132 was taken up by preparations, with Hanne and Karel developing a scenario and building a paper prototype. I […]
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Week 132–133
Week 131
It’s been very much a heads-down week. We started with a bit of a crunch on the game design and art style for Saba. Karel did a great job on a number of sketches that show how we intend to make the cabinet of curiosities we’re designing for come to life, while at the same […]
Week 126
In 2010 I kept weeknotes at Leapfroglog. I did not continue those in 2011, but I feel like taking up the habit again this year. It’s a nice and easy way to keep a log of what’s going on, and I’m kind of sad I don’t have one for the past year, since that’s been […]
A look back on 2011
It’s almost time to close shop for the holidays so I thought I’d do a final post. Here’s a month-by-month look back at some of the major things that happened at Hubbub in 2011 with links to relevant posts and such in case you missed it the first time around. January – We start development […]


Week 140
Work on Saba continued apace this week. We have one more week to go before the next playtest. So Hanne did some final adjustments on copy and Karel produced the last bits of art needed for the final stages of the game. I’ve been spending most of my time integrating all of that in the […]