jstone's Bookmarks About "game.design"

Making Better Games Through Iteration

In this article I'll discuss a game creation method through iteration for small, unique projects, and will describe how the failures and success of the process of designing our studio Mobile Pie's upcoming iPhone and iPod touch title B-Boy Brawl: Breakin' Fingers shaped that methodology.

by jstone 2009-11-11 19:21 game.development · game.design · agile.development · prototyping · article · reference

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4166/making_better_games_through_.php - cached - mail it - history

Ludocity: Pervasive Games, Street Games and New Sports

Ludocity is a collection of pervasive games, street games and new sports - social forms of play that take place in public spaces, such as city streets, parks and public buildings.

by jstone 2009-06-24 20:14 game.studies · game.design · reference · repository · community · wiki · open.content

http://ludocity.org/wiki/Main_Page - cached - mail it - history

Values at Play

Our ambition is to harness the power of video games in the service of humanistic principles. Aware of the tremendous and wide-ranging impact games have in our world, the “Values at Play (VAP) research project seeks to assist and encourage designers in creating games that further the understanding and appreciation of such values as equality, diversity, creativity, and many more.

by jstone 2009-03-18 19:55 videogames · game.design · reference · research · game.studies · serious.games · education · activism · repository

http://www.valuesatplay.org/ - cached - mail it - history

SAVEEARTHGAME - A Worldwide Computer Game Creation Contest!

Create a game for players to use Earth Observations of our environment for solving issues of the world around us. Show how real-world events affect the Earth and impact people. Whether it is flooding or drought, changes in energy or climate, work with our experts who can help you with data and impacts to create ideas for a game and even a playable prototype.

by jstone 2009-03-18 14:14 game.development · game.design · serious.games · competition · prototyping

http://www.saveearthgame.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Think Labyrinth: Maze Algorithms

by jstone 2009-01-08 17:13 computer.science · math · game.design · algorithm · repository · reference · research · puzzle

http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/algrithm.htm - cached - mail it - history

Gameplay Fundamentals Revisited, Part 2: Building a Pacing Structure

by jstone 2008-11-28 17:51 article · reference · game.design · project.management

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3863/gameplay_fundamentals_revisited_.php - cached - mail it - history

Gameplay Fundamentals Revisited: Harnessed Pacing & Intensity

by jstone 2008-11-27 12:24 article · reference · game.design · psychology · writing

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3848/gameplay_fundamentals_revisited_.php - cached - mail it - history

Gameplay Design Fundamentals: Gameplay Progression

by jstone 2008-11-27 12:08 article · reference · game.design

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1771/gameplay_design_fundamentals_.php - cached - mail it - history

Game Design Workshop: Designing, Prototyping, and Playtesting Games

This book's examples, illustrations and exercises strengthen your understanding of what makes game systems function, and teaches you the skills and tools you need to create a compelling game.

by jstone 2008-11-17 20:56 education · reference · game.development · game.design · prototyping · book

http://gamedesign.tar.hu/ - cached - mail it - history

Defining Boundaries: Creating Credible Obstacles In Games

by jstone 2008-07-03 11:50 article · game.design · usability · human.computer.interaction · reference

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3709/defining_boundaries_creating_.php - cached - mail it - history

Carry Small, Game Large: Big Shared Screen Multiplayer Gaming

by jstone 2008-05-07 09:00 game.design · pervasive.gaming · article · research · reference · inspiration · creativity

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3649/carry_small_game_large_big_.php - cached - mail it - history

Valve Software Publications

by jstone 2008-03-19 12:35 game.development · company · research · paper · computer.graphics · realtime · 3D · game.design · repository

http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications.html - cached - mail it - history

20 Underused Game Mechanics

by jstone 2008-02-18 13:36 article · game.design · reference · creativity

http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com/2007/11/20-underused-game-mechanics.html - cached - mail it - history

Colorcell

A "game" featuring genetical evolution of the perfect colour scheme

by jstone 2008-02-06 10:16 colour · design · inspiration · creativity · game.design · serious.games · visualization · crowdsourcing · computer.science · generative · genetic.algorithms

http://colorcell.uneven.org - cached - mail it - history

playbe's playce

Steffen P Walz's personal homepage. A great example of using videogames as a web content interface.

by jstone 2008-01-16 09:30 portfolio · web · design · videogames · human.computer.interaction · game.studies · experimental · inspiration · game.design · user.interfaces

http://spw.playbe.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Game Design Essentials: 20 Mysterious Games

by jstone 2008-01-14 16:40 article · reference · game.design · game.studies · classic · videogames · history

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3485/game_design_essentials_20_.php - cached - mail it - history

Game Design Essentials: 20 Unusual Control Schemes

by jstone 2007-12-28 15:02 game.design · videogames · history · classic · game.studies · human.computer.interaction · interaction.design

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2844/game_design_essentials_20_unusual_.php - cached - mail it - history

Game Design Essentials: 20 Open World Games

by jstone 2007-12-28 14:08 game.design · game.studies · videogames · history · classic · reference

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1902/game_design_essentials_20_open_.php - cached - mail it - history

Game Design Essentials: 20 Difficult Games

by jstone 2007-12-28 13:36 article · videogames · game.design · game.studies · history · classic · reference

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1640/game_design_essentials_20_.php - cached - mail it - history

The Experimental Gameplay Workshop

The Experimental Gameplay Workshop is a forum for the demonstration of innovative games. We support the community of game designers who deliberately do new things, because they are crucial to keeping our industry fresh. Once a year we have a meeting where designers showcase new work and discuss it with peers.

by jstone 2007-12-19 10:46 game.development · game.design · research · workshop · conference · experimental

http://experimental-gameplay.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Values At Play

Our ambition is to harness the power of video games in the service of humanistic principles. Aware of the tremendous and wide-ranging impact games have in our world, the “Values at Play (VAP) research project seeks to assist and encourage designers in creating games that further the understanding and appreciation of such values as equality, diversity, creativity, and many more.

by jstone 2007-12-03 09:58 videogames · game.design · game.studies · activism · research · repository · collaboration

http://valuesatplay.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Game Feel: The Secret Ingredient

by jstone 2007-11-26 11:58 prototyping · game.design · game.development · article · inspiration · interaction.design · research

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2322/game_feel_the_secret_ingredient.php - cached - mail it - history

Fighting Fantasy Project

For the benefit of those who've never heard of them, Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks would consist of around 400 short numbered passages of text. Typically they would tell a Tolkein-like story, but the reader / player would be given options as to how they wanted the story to develop. This involved presenting a choice of numbered passages to read next.

by jstone 2007-07-17 09:45 game.design · web · videogames · literature · writing

http://www.ffproject.com/cgi-bin/pg?f=index - cached - mail it - history

Establishing A Beachhead In A Crowded Genre

by jstone 2007-06-11 18:50 game.development · creativity · game.design · article · reference

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1437/establishing_a_beachhead_in_a_.php - cached - mail it - history

Rock Paper Scissors - A Method for Competitive Game Play Design

by jstone 2007-05-27 18:53 game.design · article · multiplayer · formal.system

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070123/chelaru_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

The Paper Chase: Saving Money via Paper Prototyping

by jstone 2007-05-27 16:25 article · game.development · game.design · prototyping · reference

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060508/henderson_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days

by jstone 2007-05-27 16:25 articles · game.design · game.development · prototyping

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051026/gabler_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

Journal of Game Development

by jstone 2007-05-09 07:45 journal · game.development · reference · research · game.design · game.studies

http://www.jogd.com/index.html - cached - mail it - history

Gameplay Deconstruction: Elements and Layers

by jstone 2007-04-07 22:11 article · research · game.design · language · notation · visualization · game.studies

http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/355/gameplay_deconstruction_elements_.php?page=1 - cached - mail it - history

Design Document: Play With Fire

by jstone 2007-02-20 19:11 article · game.design · reference

http://gamasutra.com/features/20070220/bateman_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

Without a Goal

by jstone 2007-01-09 18:33 paper · game.design · game.studies

http://www.jesperjuul.net/text/withoutagoal/ - cached - mail it - history

Inform 7

Inform 7 is a design system for interactive fiction, a new medium for writers which began with adventure games in the late 1970s and is now used for everything from literary narrative fiction through to plotless conceptual art, and plenty more adventure games too.

by jstone 2006-12-05 19:33 game.development · writing · tools · interactive.fiction · literature · design · free · game.design · open.source · content.creation

http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7/Inform%207.html - cached - mail it - history

Principles of Virtual Sensation

This paper explores the underlying principles that govern the “feel” of controlling something in a game. Just as the “Principles of Animation” guide good animation, these principles of virtual sensation are intended to guide good-feeling gameplay

by jstone 2006-11-14 18:41 article · research · game.design · game.studies · psychology · human.computer.interaction

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061114/swink_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

mathschallenge.net

by jstone 2006-11-04 22:33 math · education · game.design · puzzle · reference · repository · research

http://www.mathschallenge.net/ - cached - mail it - history

learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games

by jstone 2006-10-23 18:28 math · education · research · reference · paper · repository · game.design · design.patterns

http://lp.noe-kaleidoscope.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Novashell Game Creation System

Novashell is a game maker that allows rapid development of scrolling, adventure, and role-playing games with an extra focus on AI and RPG elements like dialogs, quest, mapping, and item systems.

by jstone 2006-10-11 18:34 game.development · programming · game.design · tools · free · open.source

http://www.rtsoft.com/novashell/ - cached - mail it - history

Modeling Opinion Flow in Humans Using Boids Algorithm & Social Network Analysis

by jstone 2006-10-01 18:35 article · game.development · game.design · math · simulation · artificial.life · artificial.intelligence

http://gamasutra.com/features/20060928/cole_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

SagaEngine

SagaEngine is a game logic engine. It is centered around the concepts Actor, Action and Area. An Actor may exist and perform Actions inside an Area. This is the simple view, though. The library is a quite large object oriented architecture for resolving game situations. You are expected to subclass heavily for the purposes of your own game.

by jstone 2006-09-23 07:47 game.development · programming · library · artificial.intelligence · scripting · game.design · prototyping · free · open.source

http://sagaengine.sourceforge.net/ - cached - mail it - history

You Can't Design Fun On Paper

by jstone 2006-09-22 15:54 article · game.design · agile.development · prototyping

http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/2006/09/you-cant-design-fun-on-paper.html - cached - mail it - history

:: gamelab ::

by jstone 2006-09-15 17:35 game.development · company · experimental · game.design · research

http://www.gamelab.com./ - cached - mail it - history

Managing game design risk: Part I

by jstone 2006-09-12 17:42 article · game.development · business · game.design · project.management

http://lostgarden.com/2006/04/managing-game-design-risk-part-i.html - cached - mail it - history

40 ways to be a better (game) designer

by jstone 2006-09-12 13:33 article · game.development · game.design

http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/06/26/40-ways-to-be-a-better-game-designer/ - cached - mail it - history

Video Game Prototyping Resources

by jstone 2006-09-01 11:42 game.development · game.design · research · repository · tools

http://dundee.cs.queensu.ca/wiki/index.php/Prototyping_a_Video_Game - cached - mail it - history

Formal Abstract Design Tools

by jstone 2006-09-01 11:41 article · game.development · game.design · research · game.studies

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19990716/design_tools_02.htm - cached - mail it - history

gamedesignpatterns.org

The focus of the Game Design Patterns project is on studying computer games in terms of interaction, components and design goals with the intension of creating the basis for a common language for game designers.

by jstone 2006-09-01 11:40 game.design · research · repository

http://www.gamedesignpatterns.org/ - cached - mail it - history

Gamasutra - Feature - "A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games"

by jstone 2006-08-22 10:14 article · research · game.design · videogames · business · design

http://gamasutra.com/features/20060804/boutros_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

Ernest Adams - The Designer’s Notebook

by jstone 2006-08-21 10:59 game.development · game.design · research · reference

http://www.designersnotebook.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Ludology.org - Videogame Theory

Ludology.org is an online resource for videogame researchers

by jstone 2006-08-02 11:44 research · game.design · game.studies · reference · repository

http://ludology.org/index.php - cached - mail it - history

SIGGRAPH Keynote: 'Designing Games for Process Intensity'.

by jstone 2006-08-02 11:37 presentation · game.design · generative · article

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10267 - cached - mail it - history

Yotam Gingold

by jstone 2006-08-02 10:36 digital.art · game.development · game.design · programming · computer.graphics

http://www.slackworks.com/~yotam/ - cached - mail it - history

Jogos Antigos

by jstone 2006-08-01 19:06 game.studies · history · game.design · reference · research

http://www.jogos.antigos.nom.br/apres.asp - cached - mail it - history

RPS - 25

A 25 gesture Ro-Sham-Bo alike game

by jstone 2006-07-22 11:48 game.design · art · illustration · experimental · math · visualization · abstract.games · game.studies

http://www.umop.com/rps25.htm - cached - mail it - history

Game Editor

Simple cross platform 2D game development tool.

by jstone 2006-07-22 11:32 game.development · tools · free · programming · game.design

http://game-editor.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Amit's Game Programming Information

by jstone 2006-06-21 14:32 game.development · research · math · reference · repository · game.design

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html - cached - mail it - history

StoryTron

Chris Crawford's interactive storytelling technology

by jstone 2006-06-19 13:43 game.development · game.design · experimental · tools · java · writing

http://www.storytron.com/index.html - cached - mail it - history

The Education of a Game Designer

Chris Crawford offers his advice for budding game designers

by jstone 2006-06-17 21:44 game.design · article

http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/Game%20Design/The_Education_of_a_Game_Designer.html - cached - mail it - history

The 400 Project

by jstone 2006-06-16 18:30 game.development · game.design · reference

http://www.theinspiracy.com/400_project.htm - cached - mail it - history

Fine Game Design

The homepage of David Kennerly

by jstone 2006-06-07 21:11 game.design

http://finegamedesign.com/ - cached - mail it - history

Lost Garden: Why you should share your game designs

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by jstone 2006-06-07 21:00 article · game.design · videogames

http://lostgarden.com/2005/08/why-you-should-share-your-game-designs.html - cached - mail it - history

The Making of "Shadow Of The Colossus"

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by jstone 2006-06-05 20:55 article · computer.graphics · digital.art · game.design · game.development · programming · research · videogames · realtime · 3D

http://www.dyingduck.com/sotc/making_of_sotc.html - cached - mail it - history

The Writings of Greg Costikyan

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by jstone 2006-06-05 20:54 game.design · game.studies · repository · videogames

http://www.costik.com/writing.html - cached - mail it - history

Abstraction: an untapped potential

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by jstone 2006-06-05 20:52 article · game.design · game.studies · digital.art · design

http://www.igda.org/columns/ivorytower/ivory_Dec03.php - cached - mail it - history

Putting the Fun in Functional

a presentation about applying game mechanics to interface design

by jstone 2006-06-05 20:50 game.design · human.computer.interaction · reference

http://shufflebrain.com/etech06.htm - cached - mail it - history

Flow

experimental flash game

by jstone 2006-06-05 20:49 experimental · flash · game.design · indie · videogames

http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/core.html - cached - mail it - history

AntiFactory

game design wiki

by jstone 2006-06-05 20:45 game.design · wiki

http://www.antifactory.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl - cached - mail it - history

"The Siren Song of the Paper Cutter"

gamasutra article about paper prototyping

by jstone 2006-06-05 20:36 article · creativity · game.design · prototyping

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050913/sigman_01.shtml - cached - mail it - history

Miyamoto Shrine: Shigeru Miyamoto's Home on The Web

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by jstone 2006-06-05 20:34 game.design · videogames

http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/ - cached - mail it - history

RPG.net Wiki

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by jstone 2006-06-05 20:20 game.design · wiki · videogames

http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Main_Page - cached - mail it - history