Game Design

Unlock your creative potential: 7 steps to becoming a game designer

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Update: Slideshare removed their audio functionality, so this is just slides for now. I will replace with a YouTube video in the near future

Slides and audio from a talk on game design delivered at PAX Prime ’12.

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Gamer-in-Residence for Connect Ventures. Former Executive Producer for Legendary: Heroes Unchained & Tetris, former Lead Designer on Legendary: Game of Heroes. Podcast host for Deconstructor of Fun. Loves Ratchet & Clank, Smash TV and Persona 4: Golden. Still plays PS Vita.

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The following are excerpts from a conversation with Ray Mazza, Lead Designer Worldwide for Playfish.  Ray’s titles include The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The Sims Social, and a whole host of Sims expansion packs. Find out more about the multitalented Mr. Mazza on his blog. EL: To start with, what is game design? RM: What is game design? It’s figuring out what is fun. It’s trying to understand the concept of fun and then […]

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What is Game Design? – IGDA SF Microtalk

Click the Play button to listen to audio of the talk This Pecha Kucha style microtalk was given at the IGDA San Francisco meetup in April ’12.  If you enjoyed the talk, check out some of the full length interviews on the “What is Game Design?” project page.

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On Game Design with Dan Chao

The following are excerpts from a conversation with Dan Chao, Lead Designer at Funzio.  Dan’s work runs the full gamut of design, including releases in the Core, Casual, Social and Mobile segments of the industry.  Dan has worked as gameplay engineer on Xbox launch title New Legends, lead designer on the casual game Wandering Willows, and most recently lead designer on social/mobile games Crime City, and Kingdom Age. EL: To start with, what is game […]

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On Game Design with Greg Kasavin

The following are excerpts from a conversation with Greg Kasavin, Creative Director at Supergiant Games, makers of indie blockbuster Bastion and the upcoming Transistor. Before helping found Supergiant Games, Greg worked as a producer at EA on Command & Conquer  and served as the editor-in-chief for Gamespot. This conversation originally took place in May of 2012.  EL: What is game design? GK: Game design is the art of making games, put broadly. It’s coming up […]

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