I'm an aspiring Game Designer, Video Game Professional, and overall Geek. I set up this site to serve as a portfolio, and collection of articles I may write, or collect from various places.
So this weekend, I did something which I haven’t done for over 2 years, and one month; I played WoW. Yes, I did it, I played World Of Warcraft. I played for 4 hours, for the sole purpose of writing this blog article. Game Rankings lists WoW on its’ list of 100 best games of all games, so therefore I have no choice ... Continue Reading
So I started work today on creating a TCG (Trading Card Game) which I want to develop into a possible iPhone/web based game. The core idea borrows elements from some of my favorite card based games, like Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, and World of Warcraft, and adds in a lot of dice rolling, D&D style. I created abo ... Continue Reading
This page will serve as a primary resource for articles pertaining to Game Level Design. Currently it’s organized by genre, though clearly in need of more relevant topics. Continue Reading
Here’s some articles I found about paper prototyping. If you haven’t ever had a chance to boil down a design or set of mechanics to a paper prototype, I highly suggest it. You’d be surprised how fast you can discover design flaws at this level. Continue Reading
Just thought I’d share a couple articles I found to be quite interesting. Continue Reading
In continuing with the Game Design Research articles, this week I sat down and played one of my favorite games; Half-Life 2. Continue Reading
I decided to start the David Perry Game Design Challenge. Here’s my first design research paper I’ve written on Super Mario Galaxy. I plan to do at least one or more of these a week. Who know’s when I’ll be done. Continue Reading
It’s been far too long since I blogged, and figured this is as good of a time as any to get back into it. Hopefully I’ll get back into the full swing of updating this more consistently, as I intend to have more things to show off. GDC I was fortunate enough this year to be able to attend the Game Develop ... Continue Reading
This is a list of Comp Sci related books that a professor at the College I’m attending recommended. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environme ... Continue Reading
I just wanted to share a link to a site I’ve been contributing to for people who are working flash professionals, and budding flash developers and artists. http://www.flashprofessionals.net Feel free to check it out, and make yourself part of this new community! Continue Reading
