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Microsoft, Unity, Intel and Universal are sponsoring a game development challenge where the winning team will walk away with $150,000 USD. The cool thing about this Windows 10 game development challenge is that you can use Universal’s IP like Back to the Future! In fact, you can come up with a game design for Back […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Cli...
HoloValentine App Submitted and Source Code Available
The HoloValentine app created and submitted to the store and is going through certification. The source code for this app is available for free. The Unity project includes spatial mapping along with a custom spatial mapping shader. It includes speech recognition and storing and retrieving world anchors. The CSharpSynth code has been adapted to work […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...
Introduction to Game Design: Start with Game Mechanics
This photo, “-342: guinea pig pwn” is copyright © 2010 Katherin McAdoo and made available under an Attribution Generic 2.0 license. In my previous game design article, I asked “So if you aren’t supposed to start your game design with a story, what should you start with?” This article will answer that question. Start with Game Mechanics It […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...
Introduction to Game Design: Don’t Start with a Story
Want to make a game? Don’t start with a story! Wait, what? You read that right. Don’t start with a story. A story is an important part of game design, but it is not the part that should be tackled first. In fact, for many games is it done at the end. Of course, many […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click ...
Introduction to Game Design: Toy vs Game
In the last game design article I discussed a definition of a game. Another book, that quickly addresses that question is: Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design In the book, Scott Roger has the following: Q: What is a game? A: A game is an activity that: requires at least one player […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (...
Introduction to Game Design: What is a Game?
A fellow game developer, and friend of mine, Charles Humphrey, recently asked on Facebook: What do you consider a game to be? His purpose, I believe in asking this, was to start a conversation around game design. What is fun? What is a game? Game Design I’ve been working on a talk I’ll be February […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Po...