Micah Hrechovscik CDP lecture 6-12-2012 from Cdp Hku on Vimeo .

Game Specific Hardware G ames now influence the whole of interactive media.  At first games encouraged the development of a wide ran...

I typically hold to a 'stories are not games' and 'games are not stories'  rhetoric , however there is a grey area in the ...

Core and Progressive Mechanics Core mechanics and progressive mechanics are terms I have used often in my posts, but I realize that t...

I wanted to continue along the idea of physical games from an earlier post . Already in the last generation many new types of Xtreme sports ...

If we think of games as trans-medial [1], then it is easier to understand how games exist in many forms. For example, one aspect of Lindely...

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...

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...

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...