Maryland Budget Game
I have a longstanding interest in games with practical real-world applications. For example, this budget balancer game, where you try…
German Tower by Pxbeetle
German Tower by Pxbeetle Pxbeetle makes some of the most beautiful maps I’ve ever seen. This guy knows that he’s…
Colourblind Gaming
Dan Griliopoulos, a lifelong gamer who suffers from deuteranopia, a form of red-green colourblindness, has written a very interesting essay…
The Massively-Multiplayer winter getaway
In this time of white-out blizzards and severe cabin fever, many of us look for engaging mental getaways that don’t…
How to Become an Indie Developer in Eight Steps
The Guardian recently posted a list of principles for aspiring game designers. Here’s an excerpt: Choose the right project Be…
City of Heroes Architect
Joe Morrissey, a Senior Designer at Paragon Studios, discusses City of Heroes Architect — a system that lets users generate…
Creating Computer Games Can Boost Student Skills
“Teaching people how to use off-the-shelf tools to quickly build a computer game might allow anyone to learn new thinking…
Paper Models Game Design
This sounds like a fun project: I want to develop a Sci-Fi game that will utilize paper models for the…
Snake Game Design Question
Stack Overflow is a useful resource for programmers — a repository of individual questions and collective responses, by and for…
Students Create Devil’s Tuning Fork FPS
Very cool — I love it: Inspired by Dutch artist M.C. Escher, Devil’s Tuning Fork (DTF) challenges players to rescue…