Female Gamers: Trends and Statistics
So every few years I put out a new survey to all the members on my text-based internet games. Most of the members of my games are teenage girls. All of my games are...
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Game Journal 1.5: Ten Games You Played As A Child
In my last post I created a game with a passive player. I also included a short blurb to describe what I consider a passive player. This exercise challenges you to list ten games...
Game Journal 1.4: Create A Game With A Passive Player
In my last entry I created 5 games inspired by my every day life. This next exercise challenges you to start a game journal and design a new game every day. Since I’m already...
Game Journal 1.3: Your Life As A Game
In my previous game journal post I explored a game I hate to play, listed all the reasons I hated it, and then offered ways to fix the things I didn’t like. Exercise 1.3...
Game Journal 1.2: Games You Hate To Play
Exercise 1.2 In my previous post I analyzed how I play, how someone else plays and then compared and contrasted the two. For this exercise you’re supposed to find a game you hate to...
Game Journal 1.1: Become A Tester
So I recently got my copy of Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton back from a friend and while I was flipping through it I remembered one of the reasons I bought it and...
Video Game References: 3D Models, Degrees, Associations & Other Useful Links
I find that I visit so many different sites I can’t keep them straight and I can’t remember to update my delicious account. So I started adding them as resources on my main website...
Useful Intel Articles
Designing artificial intelligence for video games. Fluid Simulation for video games. Tips & Tricks. An approach to optimizing a game engine. Neural networks in video games. Character animation: skeleton animations and inverse kinetics. Code...
Girl Gamers: Statistics & Trends
A few months ago I surveyed over 500 members from my online game whiteoakstables.net, a realistic horse game. White Oak Stables has almost exclusively female players. The findings are as follows: Age: 10: 2%...
BioShock: Graphic Violence in Video Games
Since when have playing games become all about how much blood sprays your screen when you bash someone over the head with a tire iron? Just this weekend I was over at my Cousin’s...
