What is Bene Factum?
Bene Factum is the trade name that I chose to work under; it's Latin for "well done," and thus a pun on my last name, Weldon.
What do you do?
I'm a game designer first and foremost, but I'm still working on perfecting some of my designs and gaining experience before releasing anything. In the meantime, I'm available as a freelance graphic designer and artist. I'm primarily interested in doing art for games - physical or digital - but will also take on other graphic design and/or illustration projects. I'm also a fairly strong player - and amateur theorist - of several games, especially Go and poker.
What kinds of games do you make?
Board and card games are my first love, and I've designed many of them, mostly in the "eurogame" or German style, meaning family-friendly multiplayer games that take an hour or two to play and strike a balance between luck and strategy. I've become increasingly keen on elegance in game mechanics recently, and strive to keep my games minimalist, in terms of maximizing the depth of strategy relative to the number of rules. Nowadays, I have also started work on computer games. As well as working on my own Flash browser games, I have entered into a collaborative partnership with an experienced programmer, and we are working on a more ambitious - but for the time being, secret - computer game project.
What is there to do on this site?
For now, the main attractions of the site are my Portfolio and Blog. In the Blog, you'll find my musings on the theory of game design, as well as game reviews and strategy tips. Eventually, there will be free Flash games to be played in the Games section - I have four titles close to completion, although I need sponsorship for them before they can be released. You can expect to see them here by early summer. Keep an eye on the News page, as that's where you'll find updates on new additions to the site, as well as on the progress of my other projects.