Building games that can be understood at a glance

Building games that can be understood at a glance - Zach Gage, GDC 2018

Building games that can be understood at a glance

Building games that can be understood at a glance - Zach Gage, GDC 2018

Finite and Infinite Games

Notes from James Carse's book 'Finite and Infinite Games'. Author unknown.

The Math of Idle Games, Part I

Originally published October 4, 2016 I’ve given a few talks in the past about the appeal and general mechanics of idle games, but what if you actually wanted to make one? Theory and patterns are nice, but there’s some complicated math running behind it. And how on earth

GameSpot's SIMply Divine: The Story of Maxis Software

GameSpot   action   adventure   driving   puzzle   role-playing   simulation   sports   strategy   hardware

Game Theory | Open Yale Courses

This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere.

The NOexistenceN of you AND me

Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

Exploitative Game Design: Beyond the F2P Debate

The past few months have seen a torrent of articles about Free-to-Play business models, often discussed alongside issues of ethics in games (for example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). These pieces have addressed the effect on addiction-prone players or children, the possibility of corrupting artistic intent, the sheer amount of money being spent, and other advantages and dangers of F2P. While all of this is relevant, I fear that we’re focusing too much on F2P and glossing over the wider ethical issues in game design.