Tiny Hydra

MAY 27, 2021

I have been doing design and development tests for over a decade now (I even did some art tests early in my career) and I have come to the conclusion that most tests are bad. The idea of testing people isn’t bad, in fact, it’s imperative in the games industry.

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Game Design Aspect

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It was a delight to hear from my former game writing students at PlayCrafting. They attended the one-night Game Writing Portfolio Workout sessions or the multi-week intensive Game Writing Primer course. Mary Georgescu is starting a new job as a game designer at Exploding Kittens.

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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. In addition, players cannot disguise themselves.

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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. I don't often write personal essays, but in 2019, I did a reading of 3 personal essays about growing up in the Hudson Valley area. " Here's the link!

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Game Design Aspect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I'm thrilled to be shortlisted for one of the 2020 Women in Games Hall of Fame Awards and I am particularly excited that I can spotlight learning games and serious game development within the global game industry. Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Meet the panelists: Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry. She is the author of the award-winning Game Development Essentials: Mobile Game Development and the Official GameSalad Guide to Game Development.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Matthew Farber, Juliana Loh, Kimberly Unger, and I headlined the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest last year with this powerful panel exploring how personal experiences empower narrative writing. She has been invited to the White House and represented the USA at the World Conference on Science Literacy.

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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.

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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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Game Design Aspect

APRIL 11, 2021

It features more than 250 works of artwork by Hudson Valley artists in the form of sculpture, painting, photography, sewing, pottery, handicrafts, and writing. Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry. Entry is free, with a suggested donation of $5.

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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

At the very least he'll need to create his own assets and/or write his own code. 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. There's just too much work to be done without enough hands to do it within a small team.

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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 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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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

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. Talk: Reloading Escoria: making adventure games under Godot great again | Julian Murgia ( StraToN ).

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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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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With GDevelop, anyone can easily get started making and even selling their own games – and you won’t need to write a line of code! GDevelop is designed to be easy to use, but you may still have some questions, and that’s why we’re here. Create A Game Without Programming Skills.

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Jesper Juul

JUNE 17, 2022

TL;DR; I used to meet resistance to the idea that video game rules (usually expressed in the programming) and algorithms can be meaningful or important. I discuss four ways game rules can create meaning and/or have political implications. This is also where game design observations interface with education.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

In Unity, you write code using the C# language, while in Unreal, you use C++. When working with Unreal, users don’t require deep knowledge of codes or even a basic understanding of how to write them. Games can be developed through the tools in the integrated visual scripter called Blueprint.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

  To make a playable, exciting and scientifically correct game experience out of so many raw data-sets was just impossible in the time frame of just one semester I had. But on the other hand, this fact made me aware of my competence as a game designer.  The creature designs.

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is a huge, sprawling game. They put years into writing it, finished it, and spent another year polishing it! It is full of creativity, crazy design decisions, and lots of simple, dumb fun. You may have heard many complaints about flaws in the game. And if you are in a college studying Game Design?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

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. But making fun of patriarchal belief systems about magic semen isn't enough.

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