Brenda Romero’s guide to becoming a game designer
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-04-09-brenda-romeros-guide-to-becoming-a-game-designer
The Wizardry developer shared insight into this crucial role during last week’s GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair
A Future Forecaster on Habit-Forming Technology
▻https://hackernoon.com/a-future-forecaster-on-habit-forming-technology-dbd0f5e7b0dc?source=rss-
Nir’s Note: Jane McGonigal is a game designer at The Institute for the Future and bestselling author of Reality is Broken and SuperBetter. In this interview with Max Ogles, McGonigal discusses impact of future technologies on behavior, habits, and the way we #design products.Q: You recently worked on a project designed to visualize the future of technology. The idea was that using some future, not-yet-existent product, nicknamed FeelThat, people could actually share emotions with each other. (Here’s a link to the video.) What was the thinking behind it?Jane McGonigal: This is a project with Institute for the Future to look at some of the emerging technologies that are being prototyped, tested, and innovated right now. We try to imagine where technologies might take us in a decade or more (...)
#habit-forming-tech #future-tech #startup #future-forecaster
“It’s the game designer’s job to evoke different sides of humanity”
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-12-05-its-the-game-designers-job-to-evoke-different-sides-of-hum
Thatgamecompany president Jenova Chen believes that positive behavior can be rewarded and monetized
Manifesto: The 21st Century Will Be Defined By Games
▻http://kotaku.com/manifesto-the-21st-century-will-be-defined-by-games-1275355204
Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we’re proud to debut here on Kotaku, game designer Eric Zimmerman states that this century will be defined by games.
#jeux_vidéo #manifeste #gamification cc @baroug
The uncomfortable politics of the “Ludic Century”
▻http://killscreendaily.com/articles/articles/uncomfortable-politics-ludic-century une réponse via @ThePixelHunt
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“The Ludic Century,” A Fooferaw
▻http://gamedesignerben.tumblr.com/post/61666213605/the-ludic-century-a-fooferaw
Un vrai manifeste :
The Scratchware Manifesto #industrie
▻http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/scratch.php
The Scratchware Manifesto was began during the summer months of 2000. Written in collaboration, and inspired somewhat by the Cyberpunk Manifesto, it is meant to be a living organ; a message in a bottle; a battle cry. (...)
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Gamasutra - Features - Persuasive Games: Wii Can’t Go On, Wii’ll Go On
►http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/182294/persuasive_games_wii_cant_go_on_.php
What is Nintendo really attempting to do with the Wii U? Game designer and researcher Ian Bogost, in the latest installment of Persuasive Games, looks for the answer