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Sometimes, You Got to Make Your Own LuckySometimes, You Got to Make Your Own Lucky

To design LavaCat's main character, Lucky, PocketCake's Graphic Designer Kim Allen went to the drawing board. Literally.

byHugh Welsh, Blogger
Jun 19, 2013
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Designing a Forensic Alternate Reality GameDesigning a Forensic Alternate Reality Game
byRui Curado
Jun 19, 2013
1 Min Read
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4 Temperaments - Some Remarks on Gamer Typology4 Temperaments - Some Remarks on Gamer Typology
byAlfons Liebermann
Jun 19, 2013
1 Min Read
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What do sheep and goats have to do with educational games?What do sheep and goats have to do with educational games?
byLeigh Alexander
Jun 19, 2013
1 Min Read
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Tale of Tales' latest game asks you to make love to your tabletTale of Tales' latest game asks you to make love to your tablet
byKris Ligman
Jun 19, 2013
1 Min Read
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Video: Sexism and sexuality in gamesVideo: Sexism and sexuality in games
byGame Developer
Jun 19, 2013
1 Min Read
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Practical examples for marrying theme and meaning
Practical examples for marrying theme and meaning
Jun 19, 2013
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bySoren Johnson, Blogger
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Feeling Your Game
Feeling Your Game
Jun 18, 2013
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byBob Heubel, Blogger
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Gamification Design Framework: The SMA Model
Gamification Design Framework: The SMA Model
Jun 18, 2013
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byVictor Manrique, Blogger
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How a Hardcore Gamer Fell in Love With Mobile Games
How a Hardcore Gamer Fell in Love With Mobile Games
Jun 18, 2013
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byRosstin Murphy, Blogger
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Supporting Gamification User Types
Supporting Gamification User Types
Jun 18, 2013
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byAndrzej Marczewski, Blogger
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Education in the Modern Era: Mechanics, Art and Child Education.
Education in the Modern Era: Mechanics, Art and Child Education.
Jun 18, 2013
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1 Min Read
byBob Edwards, Blogger
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Safe Sex with Friends wins Games for Change design challenge
Safe Sex with Friends wins Games for Change design challenge
Jun 18, 2013
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1 Min Read
byKris Ligman, Blogger
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GDC Europe 2013 adds Kick Off classic postmortem
GDC Europe 2013 adds Kick Off classic postmortem
Jun 18, 2013
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1 Min Read
byGame Developer, Staff
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Starbucks at Machu Picchu: What can we learn from the design of Bioshock Infinite?
Starbucks at Machu Picchu: What can we learn from the design of Bioshock Infinite?
Jun 17, 2013
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byAndrew Stewart, Blogger
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Lose Your Marbles About Making Games
Lose Your Marbles About Making Games
Jun 17, 2013
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byJacob Van Rooyen, Blogger
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Whyproof to 5,000 feet
Whyproof to 5,000 feet
Jun 17, 2013
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1 Min Read
byDroqen is who I am, Blogger
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Real World Digital Forensic Adventure: A New Game Genre
Real World Digital Forensic Adventure: A New Game Genre
Jun 17, 2013
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byRui Curado, Blogger
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Jun 17, 2013
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byNikki Wardhana, Blogger
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Breaking into game design: Step 1 - find your mountain
Breaking into game design: Step 1 - find your mountain
Jun 17, 2013
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byEthan Levy, Blogger
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Bogost: Let's make 'earnest' games, not 'serious games'
Bogost: Let's make 'earnest' games, not 'serious games'
Jun 17, 2013
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byLeigh Alexander, Contributor
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Get a job: CCP America looking for Technical Game Designer
Get a job: CCP America looking for Technical Game Designer
Jun 17, 2013
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byKris Ligman, Blogger
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Alternate Reality Game puzzle design
Alternate Reality Game puzzle design
Jun 17, 2013
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byAdam Foster, Blogger
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Video: Building more realistic team AI
Video: Building more realistic team AI
Jun 17, 2013
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byGame Developer, Staff
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Religion to Candy Box
This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Religion to Candy Box
Jun 17, 2013
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byGame Developer, Staff
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Minecraft Vs Terraria
Minecraft Vs Terraria
Jun 15, 2013
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byHenry Chong, Blogger
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Reus Game Review
Reus Game Review
Jun 15, 2013
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byHenry Chong, Blogger
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Atmosphere in Games - Part 1 - Atmosphere introduced
Atmosphere in Games - Part 1 - Atmosphere introduced
Jun 15, 2013
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byMatthew Bentley, Blogger
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The breakdown: How big is real-money gaming?
The breakdown: How big is real-money gaming?
Jun 14, 2013
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byWilliam Chambers, Blogger
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The Stanley Parable Dev Showcase: Secrets
The Stanley Parable Dev Showcase: Secrets
Jun 14, 2013
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byDavey Wreden, Blogger
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Staring At The Sun: What can we learn from the design of Proteus?
Staring At The Sun: What can we learn from the design of Proteus?
Jun 14, 2013
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byAndrew Stewart, Blogger
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Tamagotchi, FarmVille, and "Fun Pain"
Tamagotchi, FarmVille, and "Fun Pain"
Jun 13, 2013
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byRosstin Murphy, Blogger
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The Myth of Great Game Openings, or the Opening of The Last of Us
The Myth of Great Game Openings, or the Opening of The Last of Us
Jun 13, 2013
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byAdrian Chmielarz, Blogger
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Don’t Let Bad Lip Sync Break the Spell
Don’t Let Bad Lip Sync Break the Spell
Jun 13, 2013
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byBen Serviss, Blogger
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Simplistically Complex Controls
Simplistically Complex Controls
Jun 12, 2013
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1 Min Read
byJosh Bycer, Blogger

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