Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Today people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds play and enjoy video games, while their preferences and consumption habits may vary. Demographic information also influences game design decisions. If the audience is older adults, the game may incorporate more strategic elements and a user-friendly interface.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 1, 2023

CG Spectrum Institute (CGSI) has launched three accredited creative courses for the film and games industry: Animation & VFX , Digital Art , and Game Development , which can be pursued as bachelor’s degrees or diplomas. Applications are now open for the first trimester, commencing on January 29, 2024.

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Infrastructures of Play: Labor, Materiality, and Videogame Education. TOG: A Model for Innovation-Centric Design in Games and Expressive Interactive Media. Towards a “Filipino” Video Game: Teaching Filipino Culture and Identity for Video Game Development. The Paradigm of Game System Building.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Here's the panel description: Title: Creating Touchstones in Emergent Narratives When: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Time: 11:15 - 12:10 Eastern Time Games have a unique ability to establish empathy between a player and a world and characters, but game players don’t always follow the path the narrative lays out for them.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Since 2009, I’ve been doing the psychology of games thing on the side, which is just something that interests me – the intersection of psychology and video games and other types of games. Why are games designed the way they are? The post Interview: Why do we play games?

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Game Genre. Educational. Award-winning educational gaming website offers 1000+ learning activities for kids in grades K to 5, both educational and interactive. Award-winning educational gaming website offers 1000+ learning activities for kids in grades K to 5, both educational and interactive.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Hi everyone, I’m Soren Johnson, and welcome to You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop Here are the published games that I’ve worked on over my career, some of which I will touch on over the next hour. I’d like to talk about some of these examples today and examine how best to build meaning in our games.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities? Join us for a discussion on what strategies game designers can use to create safe virtual spaces that are enjoyable for all players.

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Game Design Aspect

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Creating Touchstones in Emergent Narratives Games have a unique ability to establish empathy between a player and a world and characters, but game players don’t always follow the path the narrative lays out for them. Vote here for this panel : [link] How Not to F**k Up Games For Social Change Can life really be gamified for the better?

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 3, 2023

Indie devs can't just come up with the ideas for the rest of the team to build them out; there just aren't enough people to handle that kind of workload. If you look at any indie game, you'll generally see a small team of a handful of devs who are each responsible for a huge amount of different kinds of work.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Keynote Panel: Flavored by Authenticity: How Personal Experiences Amplify Narrative Digital storytelling is a currently evolving medium and the push-and-pull nature of player interaction in video games provides an opportunity for the inclusion of personal touchstones in order to more deeply connect with and engage a broad audience.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. The main difference between a game and a puzzle is that a puzzle has one real solution, an optimal way through the challenge. Set, however, uses essentially numbers as its stats.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

In fact, their team took a lot of inspiration from games like CS:GO and other tactical shooters, such as Battlefield. The philosophy behind this approach was to create an experience accessible to those with lower-end hardware, similar to how Riot Games designed Valorant to run on minimal specs.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

Interior mapping is a technique to render interiors of 3D buildings in outdoor scenes without requiring any additional geometry. This talk will use a blend of education theory and video production experience to give you the skills to make the best tutorials you can. Update 2020-01-27: Added talk by Aurélien C. Talk or demo: Mystery.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Most educational institutions require master’s degree candidates to have a computer science degree or a degree from similar fields of study like science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) before joining a master’s degree program. Here are the main benefits of pursuing a degree in computer science: It builds a solid foundation.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As many creatives would empathize, Eric found the professional world of architecture quite different from his educational experience. “I loved the concepts, the design. I recalled another architect-turned-developer Roger Lundeen who transitioned into the world of gaming during the early days of Valve and Half-Life.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When you gain confidence and experience, you can tackle more complex game ideas. Study Existing Games You should analyze and play existing Android games to learn what works and what doesn’t. This will give you insights into game design, mechanics, and user experience.

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Jesper Juul

JUNE 17, 2022

I also looked at (The Art of Failure) how failure in a game concretely has implications for our self-image, and how its meaning is tied both to the fictional world, to our identity, and to the social context we are playing in. This is also where game design observations interface with education. Some Literature. [i]

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Once your game is done, GDevelop lets users publish their games to PC, Web, and Mobile platforms. GDevelop is designed for ease of use with a particular focus on beginner game designers and education.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Games can be developed through the tools in the integrated visual scripter called Blueprint. In other words, you can build a game using only blueprints because they are valid pieces of code. It takes just a few steps to make up nodes and connect them together to develop logic for a game. The game engine is open-source.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials.

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

In just 5 minutes, we can educate you a whole lot more with a character spotlight video than any other way. We do not build out entire brackets before the tournament starts, as you normally would, because that would greatly slow down matchmaking. So instead, we build the brackets on the fly.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

But before I explain the narration, I want to jump back in time when I started building the endless terrain generator. But on the other hand, this fact made me aware of my competence as a game designer.  There I also see potential in education. The story gave me the answer.

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Real Programming

MARCH 28, 2025

From the apps they swipe to the AI tools theyll one day manage (or build), tech is no longer optional. Online education, especially in coding, has evolved far beyond its early Zoom-classroom days. Our students arent just playing with code; theyre building real skills that will stick with them for life. No passive watching.

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Game Designing

MARCH 1, 2023

Due to the skills required, becoming a game engineer can take some time and education, but it can also be a very well-paying job. In this article, we will go over what exactly a game engineer does, what kind of education you will need to become one, and how much money you can expect to make.

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 30, 2023

When I found out a new game was coming out, but the only big change was that you could stick items together to build stuff, I just felt very tired. This is a huge, sprawling game. However, if you are going to try the weapon-break trick in your game, you MUST make sure the player has fun, workable, VARIED weapons to switch to.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 18, 2023

Thirdly, Rovio is boasting an organization with both technical and operational capabilities to publish games. In other words, the company has all the resources to build, launch and grow games. Rovio’s track record of launching games nearly every year is solid. The likelihood of the two new games failing is high.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. source: Liquid & Grit.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

demoed his technology around 2018, which is specifically around making 3D kind of scenes and world building with A.I.” In addition, the conversation highlighted the need for education and training in the gaming industry. This can lead to incredibly realistic and immersive experiences that were previously unattainable.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud? This points to a general problem with treating sexual moods like immutable video game character classes. So in hindsight, a better game design analogy for sexual roles would've been "stances" or "buffs" that freely change and/or stack.

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