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November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

The Mystical History of Tarot Cards (History of Game Design)

Hello everybody, and welcome back to Rempton Games. Halloween is nearly upon us, so I’ve decided to do a special themed episode of History of Game Design to look at one of the spookiest game components out there – the Tarot deck. This deck is widely considered to have associations with magic and the occult,…

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

Ocarina of Time Dungeons Ranked Part 2

Ocarina of Time is often considered to be one of the best games of all time, and it contains a dozen dungeons for Link to traverse through on his adventure. Not all these dungeons are made equal, which is why I decided to look at each dungeon from a game design perspective and give my…

June 15, 2019June 14, 2019

The Difficulty Dilemma Part 1

Lately I have been playing through the game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and I can confirm that the rumors are true – this game is hard as heck. This is pretty much par for the course for FromSoftware, the makers of Sekiro, who are well known for making BloodBorne and the Dark Souls series. These…

May 11, 2019May 10, 2019

Are there Games Computers Can’t Play?

In May 1997,World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov went face to face against his greatest challenger. That challenger’s name was Deep Blue, and it was a chess playing computer developed by IBM. Kasparov had already defeated Deep Blue in a best-of 6 match the previous year, but now it was back and better than ever. While…

April 6, 2019April 5, 2019

Game Design Book Reviews: Game Programming Patterns

This week I am trying something new, and reviewing a book that I recently finished reading. As you can see from the title of this article, the book I am going to look at today is Game Programming Patterns, Written by Robert Nystrom. This week is also a bit different from my usual articles in…

March 30, 2019March 29, 2019

Managing Virtual Economies: Inflation Domination

Game designers wear many hats. Depending on what type of company you work for and your position within that company, designers might have to be engineers, psychologists, graphic designers, executives, and so much more. A much less common role, but no less vital, is the role of economist or central banker. Virtual economies are becoming…

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019

Video Article – History of Game Design Part 1: Race Games

For this week’s article I made a new video based on the article History of Game Design: The Oldest Games in the World. The topic was chosen by my followers over at the Rempton Games twitter account. I hope you enjoy, and I’ll see you next week!