Game design is all about balancing big ideas with real-world limits. I start with the core experience I want players to have, then work within technical constraints to bring it to life. Prototyping early helps me see what works, and I collaborate closely with programmers and artists to find smart solutions. It’s not about cutting ideas—it’s about making them work in the best way possible.

Most designers will benefit by reviewing similar game designs that have come before their own. Play the games, read the post-mortem reviews, look at the user reaction videos, run performance metrics, check out their bug and feature release list progression and then ask “how what has been found impact our own design?”. Next, test early and often, especially test those design features and related system on which other systems will be built upon in order to reduce rework later on. Finally, solicit user feedback throughout the design process to help gain perspective, as designers can sometimes be too close to their designs causing tunnel vision.

Its important very important to keep numbers balanced more than the other things. Game design is a math game no matter what kind of game you make

It's important to manage the scope of your game. Big ideas that will revolutionize the industry are great, but you need to know your limits. Exceeding your budget and/or overworking your team is going to impede your progress significantly. Smaller teams will suffer greatly when they have too many tasks at hand. Sharing the workload equally can erase some of these problems, making for a smoother development cycle. Theoretically, at least. Feature creep can be a serious issue. Less really is more. You don't want to bog down your game with bloated features, as this can make things complicated.

Focus on the essentials. The majority of your technical resources, time, and scope should be put toward your essential experience—your core loop. As a designer or director, regularly check in with your technical team so they understand what is part of the essential experience and what is not. This way, they’ll know which implementations can be quick and simple, and which need to be foundational. Over-engineering is the enemy of iteration. When making games, everything is in flux—systems are constantly being built upon, reworked, or scrapped. Keep implementation simple until the project has matured.