A game of petty small-town drama
How Townscaper Works: A Story Four Games in the Making
Townscaper, the procedural town-building toy, has been a huge indie success story. I explain how the game can generate towns so easier and gain further insights thanks to my interviewing its creator Oskar Stalberg.
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".
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Simplifying Board Games
A few years ago I wrote about how I'd been playing a simplified version of Carcassonne with Lily. We stopped for a while, but recently we've played simplified versions of Ticket to Ride, Race for the Galaxy, Guillotine, and Settlers of Catan. My general approach here is to find a core piece of the game that will be fun on its own, and then add to it as Lily wants more complexity. While the parti
17. A Value for n-Person Games
17. A Value for n-Person Games was published in Contributions to the Theory of Games, Volume II on page 307.
Second Summer
A town-building game in a valley in the pines, where goods float along channels of water.
Collections: The Lonely City, Part I: The Ideal City
This week and next, we’re going to look at an issue not of battles, but of settings: pre-modern cities – particularly the trope of the city, town or castle set out all alone in the midd…
Weaving Narratives into Procedural Worlds
Examining the value, characteristics, and methods of integrating static narratives into otherwise procedurally generated environments.
Kittens Game - a Dark Souls of incremental gaming
Trust — Moving Castles: Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses
Something is crawling out of the dark forest.
Lonelog
A lightweight shorthand notation that captures the essential game elements while leaving room for narrative.
the Enshittification of Cozy Games
Weekend Long Read: Two Takes on China’s $14 Billion Micro-Drama Machine
From tourist sites in Xi’an to algorithm-driven studios in Zhengzhou, the boom has turned short-form storytelling into a full-scale industry in both cities
