August 2009 - Dr. Mike Reddy - "Play in Progress"

Dr. Mike Reddy - "Play in Progress"

All just work in progress at the moment... Damn! Where did I put that "under construction" animated GIF...

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Let's make sure we are worth £23K

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8205539.stm details how students will be at least £23K in debt due to studying for a degree. Last year, I (and I know others) had students stating "I pay £... a year for this." before starting to dictate what and how...

Published 08-18-2009 4:15 PM by mreddy01
Lesson 8 (LATE) - A game for Griefers

Lesson 8 of the Games Design Concepts on-line course was intended to investigate types of fun, with the homeplay challenging participants to create a game with the main mechanic being "griefing" (that is, deriving enjoyment from the act of ruining other...

Published 08-06-2009 4:56 PM by mreddy01

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Lesson 9 (LATE) - Put a story on a pre-existing game

Lesson 9 attempted to get the idea of narrative and story into games. Ian Schreiber posed the challenge of making the game Pente into a story mode. For reference, from his blog post, here are the original rules: Players: 2 Objective: Place your stones...

Published 08-06-2009 4:10 PM by mreddy01

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Working Backwards - Lesson 11 Game Design Brainstorm

Lesson 11 of the Game Design Concepts on-line course has asked for three game ideas. The constraints are as follows: 1) Create a board game, card game, or tile-laying game (that is, it must either have a board, cards, or tiles as physical components)...

Published 08-06-2009 2:44 PM by mreddy01

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