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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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In this article, game designer Sande Chen reports on research findings regarding remote learning during the pandemic. As the parent of little ones and an expert in educational games, I welcomed the opportunity to hear the latest research from Patricia K.

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Learning About Game Design in the Classroom Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this perceptive podcast, I’m talking with Jeremy Yanofsky who hosts the Engage Show to discuss what does teaching game design and using games in the classroom look like today.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2023

You are correct in that it is possible to transfer that body of knowledge over to the other gaming industry that is casino machines. Beyond that, here are some other roles that game design skills could transfer to. Tabletop, board, or card game design. It's still game design, just not in video games.

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Game Design Aspect

JULY 6, 2021

This year, when I interviewed numerous aspiring game writers and narrative designers, I discovered that many were a bit fuzzy on the actual day-to-day tasks of the job. It was much like when people ask about game design and then find out with surprise that the actual job entails spreadsheets.

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Game Design Aspect

MARCH 21, 2022

Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Her writing credits include Independent Games Festival winner Terminus and the PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher, for which she was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing.

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Game Design Aspect

APRIL 15, 2022

Game Writing Portfolio Superstar Date: April 30, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM Eastern time Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 20 years of experience in the industry.

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Game Design Aspect

JULY 21, 2021

Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. Her writing credits include Independent Games Festival winner Terminus and the PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher, for which she was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 2, 2022

In this article, game designer Sande Chen relates important lessons learned from the design of that game company's games, Journey and Sky. The conversation really tied in with a previous panel topic at CIMFest, Designing Non-Toxic Game Communities.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Game Design and contributes to multiple interactive game projects. Passionate female developers Kathleen’s master’s thesis aims to shed light on the evolution of video games targeted towards girls. They created videos, and I could see them playing the game.

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Game Design Aspect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In this article, game designer Sande Chen delves into the parental guilt associated with app usage, as documented in the book, Baby, Unplugged. Hope you're having a good holiday and not working :) In the previous months, I've been following up on research about kid games, especially those for the preschool set. Happy Labor Day!

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

For your theoretical traversal: Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association (ToDiGRA) special issue on “Teaching Games: Pedagogical Approaches” Table of Contents. Infrastructures of Play: Labor, Materiality, and Videogame Education. A Research-Based Approach to Game Writing Pedagogy. Introduction.

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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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Game Design Aspect

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this article, Sande Chen reports on the use of educational live-action online games (LAOG), a variant of educational LARPs. During the pandemic lockdown, it was impossible to play Live Action Role-Playing games (LARPs) that require face-to-face contact. She is one of the founding members of the IGDA Game Design SIG.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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Game Design Aspect

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Mary Georgescu is starting a new job as a game designer at Exploding Kittens. She received her MFA in Game Design from NYU. She is a co-founder of Eat Melon Studio , which was part of the 2020 NYU Game Center Incubator. The studio's storytelling game Nothing to See Here! will be coming out soon.

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Game Design Aspect

JULY 15, 2020

As an educational design expert, I feel like this time alone with my daughter has not only been incredibly valuable, but also magical.

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Game Design Aspect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Vote here: 2020 Women in Games Hall of Fame Awards Voting ends September 10, this week! Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry. If you would, I would appreciate it if you would register and vote for me (and 5 other deserving women.)

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sande Chen Profiled as one of the Game Industry's Top 100 Most Influential Women and a 2020 Women in Games Global Hall of Fame winner, Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. For more, please visit MatthewFarber.com.

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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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Brand Game Development

JUNE 3, 2019

For that reason, I’ve brought in Sean Fallon, Founder & CEO of Smunchy Games and User Experience (UX) Designer extraordinaire. By looking at game design from this new angle, we hope to help you understand why board games are so playable and what that means for other aspects of our lives. What’s the point?

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

Through initiatives like mobile game jams and interschool esports, she aims to foster girls’ interest in STEAM fields. She encourages early exposure to career possibilities like game design, game development, and shout casting and believes this early desire motivates them to persist.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

This panel discusses how designers and storytellers can build in empathic elements that can be found and engaged with even when the larger narrative gets delivered out of order. Meet the panelists: Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Whereas games that promote mindless violence might not offer significant value, others that foster creativity, connection, and learning can be instrumental in developing critical skills. One crucial area where games are making waves is in the field of education. In contrast, games are intrinsically motivating.

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Game Design Aspect

APRIL 11, 2021

Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry. She is the co-author of the book, Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform, and was a contributor to Secrets of the Game Business, Writing For Video Game Genres, and Professional Techniques for Videogame Writing.

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iXie gaming

MAY 23, 2023

Video games on various platforms like Gameboys, consoles, personal computers, and mobile phones being mere sources of entertainment are now officially a matter of the past. Your love for gaming doesn’t have to be a hobby anymore, there are so many compelling ways of converting that passion into a viable career option.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Access to emerging Technologies: Creating VR games requires access to cutting-edge technology and hardware, enabling developers to stay at the forefront of the industry and expand their skill set. However, VR’s impact on language learning games has been particularly significant, given the benefits it offers to language learners.

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Real Programming

JUNE 11, 2024

Education should teach kids how to think instead of rote learning that makes them merely memorize facts and dates. Kids and teens get very eager to complete their video games so they can play them with friends and family and show off their achievements. Think Like an Engineer The idea of “critical thinking” is everywhere today.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 3, 2023

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. If your friend is looking at a career in game design, he only needs to be multidisciplinary if he's going the indie/small team route. I wish him (and you) the best of luck.

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iXie gaming

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The two most common types of game development are game design and programming. Game design involves thinking about what kind of game you want, while programming involves creating the code that makes it happen. A game has a specific purpose: to be fun for players.

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Game Design Aspect

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Learn how video games and technologies like VR can be used to create truly transformative experiences that promote social change. In this panel, four game design and community professionals discuss the overhaul of design systems to be more diverse, equitable, empathetic, and inclusive - without making them worse.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

Penny was kind enough to share her experience at GDC and why she believes it's such a valuable event for people looking to break into the games industry. GDC is an annual event that brings together programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders from around the world.

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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? Why are they marketed and sold and priced the way that they are?

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Fantasy realism is most commonly applied to consoles, PC, or VR/AR/MR games. The cartoony art style is applied in the development of puzzles, educational, adventure, and hyper-casual online games. The collage art style is a perfect solution for side-scrollers, indie, and puzzle-based games.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? I studied Game Design at UAT in Tempe, AZ and graduated with honors in 2009.

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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. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one. Certainly, that can be said for video games.

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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. A computer science degree teaches computer languages which is essential when designing games.

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