Random Dungeon Generator
Random generators have interested me for a long time, so naturally this random dungeon generator for Death Raiders caught my…
Building Left 4 Dead Maps With Google Sketchup
I like it — using Google Sketchup to make game maps: If you’re a fan of Left 4 Dead and…
Online Mindmap Game Design – open invitation to participate
Marte at Random Tower of Games has initiated a collaborative game design project, and announced an open call for participants.…
Long Term Incentive in Game Design
Over at The Game Prodigy, Brice has posted a thoughtful, extensive essay on long term incentive in game design. Excerpt:…
The Great Game Designer
Paul Spinrad has posted some interesting thoughts about game design and real-world applications: I’m fascinated at how complexity emerges from…
Bacterial Prisoner’s Dilemma and Game Theory
This might be useful as a game design paradigm: Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different…
Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie!
Veteran game design Ernest Adams lists some of his favorite examples of bad game design. Here, he quotes an example…
Game Design Techniques for Web Designers
Nadya Direkova — currently a Senior Interaction Designer at Google, previously with Razorfish — discusses the application of game design…
Post Script: mod for Half-Life 2
Post Script is an interesting new mod-in-progress for Half-Life 2 by Lewis Denby: Post Script is an episodic, interactive narrative,…
Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS to RPG
From a recent book review at Slashdot: The third book in a pseudo-trilogy, Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS…