Description:   Game design rules is a name I have given to a set of game design methods that provide guidelines, rules, commandments, pit...

I believe that games should entertain players, while inspiring new perspectives and insights about the world around them. Game design sh...

Applied game design is about creating a game to accomplish a predetermined purpose outside its game-play. The ‘predetermined purpose’ has a...

“ Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics to engage audiences and solve problems.” [1][2] A wide range of industries (i...

Play mechanics [1] are concerned with how the player interacts with the mechanics of a game. From the player’s perspective this is what he d...

Description Formal Method is the name given to a set of techniques used in game design taken from game theory, statistical analysis, and ...

I use this method along with other ideation methods (i.e. brainstorming). Why do I use it? It’s better suited for iteration. It’s focused...

Description: Play-testing is the name given to a set of methods that use various techniques of observation and capturing data about a pl...

What is a game mechanic? There are several definitions. All of them different. As a game designer and teacher I have been frustrated with th...

Description Taxonomy is the name given to a set of methods that provide ways to classify games. Using this as a game design tool provides...

 A game jam is where a game developer or development team tries to make a game in a short period of time. The format doesn’t necessarily hav...

Game jams are great for flexing your game design skills. They are a sort of pressure cooker where all your skills are tested to the extreme....

Description: Concept Framework is the name I have given to approaches that focus on how best to communicate a game concept and the method...

Recently I went to a local symposium on game-play, and while I enjoyed it, I was hoping for a bit more. It is always great to hear the diffe...

Theoretically speaking, a game designer is someone who could help you with gamification. A game designer should have a good grasp on how ...