Category Game Design

Game Design, Serious Games, Uncategorized

Rust: a Game Which Reveals the True Nature of Complex Social Interactions

“Life is not fair, and neither is Rust” (Reddit, 2016) The natural world is brutal and unforgiving of weakness and naivety I was looking out my back window one day and thinking to myself how beautiful nature was. The sun…

Chris Nelson
October 28, 2023

Game Design

MDA: Linking Binary Logic to Human Aesthetics

The MDA model gives us the three lenses through which to view a video game: Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics.

Chris Nelson
July 16, 2021

Game Design

What is ‘Video Game Design’?

The discipline of video game design has no clear identity, and this is where the real problem lies.

Chris Nelson
May 18, 2021

Gamasutra, Game Design, Gary Napper, Industry Publications

Game Design Deep Dive: The save system of Alien Isolation

February 11, 2015 | By Gary Napper This is a great article outlining the development of the save system in Alien Isolation. It is one of Gamasutra’s Game Design Deep Dive series. Gary Napper is a game designer with 14…

Chris Nelson
September 3, 2020

Rust: a Game Which Reveals the True Nature of Complex Social Interactions

MDA: Linking Binary Logic to Human Aesthetics

What is ‘Video Game Design’?

Game Design Deep Dive: The save system of Alien Isolation

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