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Unlock Your Board Game Design Potential with this Ultimate Event!

Unlock Your Board Game Design Potential with this Ultimate Event!

The Board Game Design Virtual Summit, scheduled for February 20-26, 2024, offers an opportunity for board game enthusiasts to enhance their design skills. Organized by Joe Slack, the event features expert insights, live Q&A panels, and lifetime access to event content. Each day focuses on different aspects, such as launching a game successfully, getting games into the market, expanding reach in the board game industry, and support for creators. The summit includes a dedicated Discord server for networking and bonuses like bonus interviews for Platinum and Ultimate Pass holders. Various pass options are available, and the summit caters to all levels of board game designers. The Ultimate Pass includes access to Joe Slack's Board Game Design Course. Affiliate links are included in the post, supporting University XP LLC. The event aims to provide inspiration, knowledge, and connections for participants.

board game designDave EngJanuary 19, 2024board game, tabletop game, card game, game design, virtual summitComment

Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design

Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design

Starfield almost immediately nudges its players to the edges of the cosmos. In the opening hours of the role-playing video game, it's possible to land your spaceship on Earth's moon or zip 16 light-years from a remote outpost to Alpha Centauri. When you open your map and zoom out from a planet, you can behold its surrounding solar system; zoom out again, and you're scrolling past luminous stars and the mysterious worlds that orbit them.

game designDave EngJanuary 11, 2024video game, game, starfield, game designComment

Women in Games unveils manifesto urging for equality in the industry

Women in Games unveils manifesto urging for equality in the industry

Women in Games has revealed a manifesto calling for equality and equity in the games industry. The organization's Women in Games Manifesto is a fourteen-point declaration promoting the end of gendered discrimination.

womenDave EngDecember 30, 2023women, game design, industryComment

Introduction to Game Design for Kids

Introduction to Game Design for Kids

Game design provides a unique opportunity for kids to become active creators, using their imagination to design and build interactive experiences. Buckle up, as we have a lot to cover.... Why Introduce Game Design to Kids? Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of game design, let's take a moment to understand why it's such an important and valuable skill for kids to explore.

game designDave EngDecember 29, 2023game design, children, creativityComment

New women-led game design program at Mohawk College to focus on ethics and inclusion

New women-led game design program at Mohawk College to focus on ethics and inclusion

She grew up playing action and adventure video games on Atari, Commodore 64 and Nintendo DS, and has continued as an adult, using them as a "Motivational tool" in research and writing.

gamificationDave EngMarch 21, 2023Gamification, game design, women, program, ethics, inclusion, college, workplace, newsComment

How Will Gamification Play a Key Role in the Future of Online Learning?

How Will Gamification Play a Key Role in the Future of Online Learning?

How can we be sure to keep students interested and encouraged to contribute and perform well in assessments? The gamification of education, where you make learning more enjoyable and engaging for students by using game design features, could be the answer.

gamification, online learningDave EngJanuary 31, 2023Gamification, online learning, education, students, interest, game design, newsComment

Explorative selling: how game design can inspire a new model for customer journeys

Explorative selling: how game design can inspire a new model for customer journeys

Less well understood is how to design experiences for these non-linear, omnichannel shoppers. Designing a shopping experience to accommodate this type of consumer behavior is more akin to game design than it is to traditional commerce design.

Customer Journeys, game designDave EngJanuary 25, 2023Gamification, game design, model, customers, experiences, user-centered, newsComment

Board Game Design Virtual Summit 2023

Board Game Design Virtual Summit 2023

Board Game Design Virtual Summit 2023 February 21-27, 2023 Featuring: Bruno Cathala (Designer: 7 Wonders, Kingdomino, Five Tribes); Alan Moon (Designer: Ticket to Ride, Diamant); Leslie Scott (Designer: Jenga); Azhelle Wade (Toy-Coach, Toy Industry Executive); Flatout Games Collab (Designer: Cascadia, Point Salad, Calico); Justin De Witt (Designer: Castle Panic); Gabe Barrett (Board Game Design Lab); and Alex Radcliffe (Board Game Reviewer & Content Creator)

board game design, game design, table top game designDave EngJanuary 16, 2023game design, board game design, table top designComment

Gamifying everything from history to pain management

Gamifying everything from history to pain management

Nam's visit to Tunis consists of two trips, the first of which was in late May. "I ran a two-week long workshop on game design and development, and the implication of virtual reality," said Nam. His work overseas mirrors the work he's doing with his students at Mason, which includes upcoming projects that focus on concepts such as Serious Games and digital therapeutics.

gamificationDave EngJanuary 8, 2023Gamification, games, game design, virtual games, pain management, newsComment

Game over: Has gamification failed?

Game over: Has gamification failed?

At its core, gamification applies "Game mechanics" to everyday activities. There are well-defined rules, a clear path to victory, and a defined period in which the game occurs. Just as there are games that are significantly more complex than Tic-Tac-Toe, so too are there more complex game mechanics that can be applied in a work context.

gamificationDave EngNovember 2, 2022Gamification, games, game design, mastery, learning, virtual, cards, newsComment

After covid closed escape rooms, these game designers made a virtual one

After covid closed escape rooms, these game designers made a virtual one

"Escape Academy" is an adventure game about a student at the eponymous academy, which has a sprawling campus filled with environmental puzzles meant to train the next generation of escape room masters. Bushnell and Salyh first met in 2017 at Two Bit Circus, an amusement center in Los Angeles with arcade machines, carnival games and real-life escape rooms.

escape room, virtualDave EngOctober 31, 2022Games, COVID, game design, virtual games, escape rooms, newsComment

E-learning platforms are helping game designers upgrade from dream to reality

E-learning platforms are helping game designers upgrade from dream to reality

With the growing popularity of gamers came a positive ripple effect: people are turning their dreams of becoming game designers into career opportunities. People interested in the intricate aspects of game development are leaning towards online learning platforms to learn new skills.

eLearning, game designDave EngSeptember 7, 2022E-learning, game design, platforms, game development, virtual reality, streamers, newsComment

When/Why is Calculation Fun?

When/Why is Calculation Fun?

How much of the board game experience is basic arithmetic? I know that there are some people who actively reject any game that resembles a static puzzle too much. People talk about "Balance" as an unequivocal good, but flipping a fair coin is balanced and isn't a fun game.

Calculation, funDave EngSeptember 6, 2022Board game, puzzle, games, mechanical games, game design, newsComment

The Power of Random Reinforcement

The Power of Random Reinforcement

In another cage the rat will get a pellet at a random interval, at between 1 and 100 presses. When you set up something and know that there's a reward at the end but you don't know if you'll be able to carry it through then you're in random reinforcement territory.

game design, reinforcementDave EngSeptember 3, 2022Games, war games, random reinforcement, game design, temptation tacitic, newsComment

New Course Discusses Video Game Design and How Gaming Has Shaped History

New Course Discusses Video Game Design and How Gaming Has Shaped History

The course teaches students how history is represented in games, how games have influenced history, and which methods are used in video game research. "We wanted to convey some of these ideas about how to do research about video games, about how to think about video games historically, and how to study video games like novels or films," Bolman said.

game design, video gamesDave EngAugust 10, 2022Education, video game, game design, history, gaming, new course, teaching, students, newsComment

How a New Wave of Grants Is Building a More Diverse Tabletop Scene

How a New Wave of Grants Is Building a More Diverse Tabletop Scene

As massive crowdfunding campaigns for tabletop role playing games dominate the games ecosystem, independent designers and presses are adapting the centuries-old tradition of arts grants and patronage in order to raise up small, often marginalized, authors and artists.

diversity, tabletop gamesDave EngAugust 3, 2022Games, game design, social-media, grants, scholarships, games ecosystems, newsComment

Main Difference Between Gaming Development and Gaming Design

Main Difference Between Gaming Development and Gaming Design

What Is Game Development? In essence, game development is the process of bringing the idea of a video game to life, which requires software programming, engineering, sound effects, coding, testing, rendering, and some other aspects to be accomplished in order to get the game to a level where it can work without a problem.

gamesDave EngJuly 5, 2022Gaming development, game design, video games, software programming, newsComment

Of Lyric Games and Trick-taking

Of Lyric Games and Trick-taking

While 'Hope is Not a Plan' is new to me, lyric games have been much on my mind recently, and one in particular 'Brave Sparrow' has partially provided the inspiration for a play session that Terry Pearce and I will be running at the Games Based Learning Virtual Conference April 22 - 24.

gamesDave EngJune 23, 2022Lyric games, trick-taking, game based learning, game design, newsComment

How we made a video game based on medieval records

How we made a video game based on medieval records

We are not computer game experts or designers: we are historians who based the game on our collaborative research into Aberdeen's rich historical archive of medieval burgh records. Setting up this experiment in merging historical records with digital storytelling, we enlisted the help of a video game designer and an artist.

gamesDave EngMay 25, 2022Video games, computer game, game design, medieval records, newsComment

I Taught With The Game of Life

I Taught With The Game of Life

The content aim for the lesson is "How true to reality is The Game of Life's portrayal of personal finance?" Two of the other essential questions for the unit were: In what ways are the financial consequences of someone's actions & personal choices often in or out of their control? How would you modify the game in order to make it a better representation of real life.

gamesDave EngMay 24, 2022Games, life, challenges, financial learning, game design, newsComment