What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s game designer spotlight we will be looking at the career and design philosophy of one of my favorite designers – Masahiro Sakurai. Best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros series, Sakurai has a very unique perspective on game design…
Read MoreHow the Creator of Mario Designs Games – Shigeru Miyamoto – Game Designer Spotlight
Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s episode of Game Designer Spotlight, we will be looking at the legendary designer behind some of Nintendo’s biggest franchises – Shigeru Miyamoto. We will look at his history, the design philosophy he used to design games like Super Mario Bros, The Legend of…
Read MoreRichard Garfield – Game Designer Spotlight
Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s episode of History of Game Design we are going to be looking at the master of the multiverse, the tycoon of trading cards, the flying purple hippopotamus himself, Richard Garfield, PHD. As always, we are going to be taking a look at his…
Read MoreGame Designer Spotlight – Sid Meier
Transcript What’s up designers, welcome back to Rempton Games. Today, I’m very excited to bring you the next installment of my Game Designer Spotlight Series. Today’s entry is all about legendary designer Sid Meier, creator of such classic games as Sid Meier’s Pirates, Railroad Tycoon, and of course, the classic Civilization series. For today’s video…
Read MoreGame Designer Spotlight: Hideo Kojima
With all of the buzz around Death Stranding, including the recent release date reveal, it’s designer Hideo Kojima has been on a lot of people’s minds lately. Even though very little is still known about this game, the simple fact that it is Kojima’s first independent work makes it worthy of hype, intrigue, and over-analysis.…
Read MoreGame Designer Spotlight: Reiner Knizia
Hey everybody, and welcome to the second installment of the “Game Designer Spotlight” series. If you haven’t yet, check out the first entry – on famed Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Today’s spotlighted designer – Reiner Knizia – was chosen through a Twitter poll on the RemptonGames twitter page – this is my first time doing…
Read MoreGame Designer Spotlight: Shigeru Miyamoto
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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