top of page

Jacob Olson
Level and Systems Designer
Search


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 15) - Immediate Impact
Last week was a small blog post where I mentioned that this week, I wanted to talk about modern-day card design. It's a very broad...

Jacob Olson
Aug 16, 20208 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 14) - Enabling Archetypes
Small internet problems have lead to a post 1 day late. Sorry! But here we go with post 14 on this adventure! My design direction for...

Jacob Olson
Aug 10, 20202 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 13) - New Insights and a New Cycle!
Hello everybody! Starting off, I want to preface this with a small bit of bad news. Unfortunately, another problem necessitated a C:...

Jacob Olson
Aug 1, 20205 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 12) - Filling Out the Curve!
This week is a short one once again due to some personal things. Regardless, here's what I've got for this week! This week is a...

Jacob Olson
Jul 26, 20205 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 11) - Building out an archetype
An archetype in any game is just as viable as it's lowest costing cards. That's something I've known for a long time, but a philosophy...

Jacob Olson
Jul 19, 20207 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 10) - Continuing to make LoR in Cockatrice
To start off, I took the prior week off for 4th of July and a couple birthdays. Now, I'm back to working again this week and continuing...

Jacob Olson
Jul 12, 20202 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 9) - QA!
This week we're continuing what we started last week - the ability to QA this set. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, it is difficult...

Jacob Olson
Jun 27, 20202 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 8) - Noxian Might!
Hello again everybody with yet another update on Shadows of the Sands, my custom set for one of my favorite card games! This week we're...

Jacob Olson
Jun 21, 20206 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 7) - Small Speed Bumps
To preface this blog post, I want to say that unfortunately my computer had some problems that slowed down my work a bit and, in the end,...

Jacob Olson
Jun 14, 20204 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 6) - Further Theme Development
I'm currently moving to weekly posts to keep up with more of a schedule, so my blog post should be posted on either Saturday or Sunday...

Jacob Olson
Jun 7, 20206 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 5) - Poisonous Forays
Now it's time for the next champion to push support for - Cassiopeia. For those that don't remember, here's Cassiopeia: Cassiopeia...

Jacob Olson
May 31, 20207 min read


LoR Shadows of the Sands (Part 4) - A new champion has appeared (along with some support).
Let's start this off strong! When making my set, I realized I had one problem - I had too few champions, as it turns out! I was holding...

Jacob Olson
May 27, 20208 min read


LoR Custom Set (Part 3): Some Cleanup Moving Forward
No champions this week. You know what time it is though? Time for Spring Cleaning! That meant that it was time for me to clean up my...

Jacob Olson
May 21, 20204 min read


LoR Custom Set (Part 2) - Updates to Shurima and the rest of the Champions!
First of all, I have to give credit to the Lead Designer for League of Legends: Wild Rift, Brian Feeney. I posted a link to my first...

Jacob Olson
May 14, 202013 min read


Legends of Runeterra (LoR) Custom Set - Shadows of the Sands
Hello everyone! About 12 years ago, I dipped my toe into the world of Game Design without even realizing it. At the age of 10, I...

Jacob Olson
May 9, 20204 min read
Little Lizard Studios - Postmortem!
We made it! I have a few highlights that I want to bring up before anything else. First of all, I have to compliment my team. There was...

Jacob Olson
May 1, 20192 min read


Little Lizard Studios - Week 12 and 13: Finalizing Levels!
Next Friday is the Senior Show. And so, this upcoming Sunday is when we are going to freeze the build. After that, only small bugs will...

Jacob Olson
Apr 18, 20192 min read


Little Lizard Studios - Week 11: Level Pass
To start things off, first off my team went to PAX! We were at the Champlain College booth showing off our game on the Sunday of PAX. I...

Jacob Olson
Apr 4, 20192 min read


Little Lizard Studios - Week 10: Levels Update
Since my last blog post, I have focused on editing and polishing the levels. We had one week off, but other than that one week, I've...

Jacob Olson
Mar 28, 20194 min read


Little Lizard Studios - Week 7: Finishing Levels
This upcoming Wednesday, we have our Alpha due. Therefore, I wanted to get every level in so that the team has a good idea about what...

Jacob Olson
Mar 7, 20193 min read
bottom of page