You are walking down the darkened forest path, sunlight peeking through the canopy of leaves in a mottled pattern upon the ground. Your sword is drawn in your right hand – in your left you keep a healing potion at the ready. You move cautiously, scanning left and right as you go. Who knows what…
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In the past it was not uncommon for a hit video game to be developed by either a single individual or a very small team in a short period of time. For the most part, those days are behind us. Yes, there are plenty of indie developers out there, and some of the games that…
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If you have been following this blog for a while, you may know that I’m a pretty big Pokemon fan. My wife and I have played almost every game in the series, we have matching Plusle and Minun plushes, and I even wrote an entire article about my predictions for generation 8. Because of this,…
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When it comes to games, most people seem to believe that bigger is better. People seek out games with huge worlds, endless quests, and a massive variety of things to do and explore. At the same time, every developer seems to want to make those types of games – games that players can play for…
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If you asked a random person on the street to name five novelists, or five movie directors, most people would probably be able to give you an answer. People like Steven King or George Lucas have become household names due to their connections with some of the most beloved fictional works, and rightly so. If…
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Hey everybody! For the last several months, I have been writing an ongoing series that examines the relationship between game design principles and real-world applications. In the past I have looked at how real world situations can be examined from a game theory perspective with the Prisoner’s Dilemma, examined what happens when companies try to…
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Ready Player One (the movie and the book). Hey everybody! A few weeks ago I watched Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Ready Player One. While I consider the film itself to be only okay, I found the visuals and the concept of the OASIS to be fascinating. After watching the…
Read MoreEver since I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh with my friends in middle-school, I have been trying to design my own cards. I started out making new cards for the characters on the show to use (what if they made a fusion of Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red-Eyes B. Dragon?!), and then moved on to making my…
Read MoreHey everybody, I know it’s been a few weeks since last I posted but hopefully I can get back to my usual schedule. I just haven’t really been able to write these last few weeks – first I had to deal with finals, and then holiday travels. However, that is all over and I will…
Read MoreA few months ago, I wrote an article about game design lessons I learned from my honeymoon at DisneyWorld. In that article, I looked at some of the ways that design principles from other fields could be applied to game design. In this article, I want to go the other way, and look at how…
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