Blogs for Game Design Students

by: xeophin

And as long as we're at the lists for game design students, this one might come in handy as well: A list of 20 game design blogs that students will love:

As video games continue to rise in popularity, game designers are being asked to create even more challenging and satisfying user experiences. Game design students are looking for information on the latest tips, tricks and techniques to help you take your games to the next level. Fortunately, there are several high-quality game design blogs to help guide your studies, skill development and provide you with the latest trends in the field.

Of the many game design blogs in cyberspace, we selected 20...

Swiss Game Development: Block Duel by Bummzack

by: xeophin

When there is actually something happening it the Swiss games' scene, it should be noted. Even more so when the game is

available for free
based on a clever idea
...

Writing XML Log Files in Unity 3D using C#

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Update

The code for this project has seen extensive changes and has since been migrated to GitHub. Read more about it...

How to Wrestle Down GUIs in Unity 3D

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GUIs are not exactly easy to program in Unity 3D, since there is only one method available (OnGUI()) that obviously has to take up everything.

This becomes a problem as soon...

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Fable II: The Storification

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Clearly, Fable II has to tell a story. Unfortunately, the designers are so intent on telling this story that everything else becomes secondary.

Fable II is the first game I finished after my vow to actually finish games I started playing. I thought it would be a good idea to write reviews of those games as well, as a way to analyse its strengths and weaknesses, as well as strengthening my own analytical eye.

Fable II is one of the games my...

Local Game Designers Zürich

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Eigentlich bloss ein kurzer Reminder, weil man das ja sowieso eigentlich kennen müsste, wenn man Game Designer im Raum Zürich ist: Das ursprünglich wöchentliche Treffen ist inzwischen monatlich, jeweils am ersten Donnerstag des Monats – erstmals am 6. Oktober um 19 Uhr an der ZHdK (Ausstellungsstrasse 60) im Raum Sq 509 (fünfter Stock, offensichtlich).

Ein Besuch lohnt sich immer: sei...

Would You Kindly? Playing Irrational Games' Bioshock

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The praise that Bioshock has received from other critics is – after having played through the game – definitely well earned. Even though I'm usually not exactly a very good FPS player, I managed to get through the whole game. And it definitely was worth it. The world building in Bioshock is excellent, be its embedment into the historical background, or the rich story that shines through at every corner, or finally the beautifully captured art deco architecture, which...

Swiss Game Development: Block Duel by Bummzack

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When there is actually something happening it the Swiss games' scene, it should be noted. Even more so when the game is

available for free
based on a clever idea
and released without much fanfare.

Well, here comes the fanfare.

Roman Schmid (likely known to you as @bummzack on Twitter) created a Tetris clone for two, playable on your iPad, named ...

ID: Ich, Du (und alle anderen) nun als Demo verfügbar

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Ein halbes Jahr nach der Bachelor-Ausstellung gibt es nun meine Bachelor-Arbeit auch als Download zum Testen.

Technisch entspricht das Spiel ungefähr dem Stand vom Juni – es hat also noch einige Bugs, die bis jetzt nicht ausgemerzt worden sind. Zudem sollte man die momentane Version vor allem als Tech-Demo ansehen: viele der gewünschten Funktionen sind vorhanden, aber natürlich müsste man noch einiges mehr an Inhalt einbauen.

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ID: Me, You (and everybody else) Now Available as Download

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Half a year after my bachelor's thesis game was presented at the bachelor's exhibition, it is now available as a download on this website.

The version is still largely the one that could be seen at the exhibition, with an additional, though very rough, English translation added.

Still, there are some bugs around. It might be best to understand the current state of the game as a tech demo: Most of the functionality is here, but it still lacks content and proper balancing. Play...

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Blogs for Game Design Students

Swiss Game Development: Block Duel by Bummzack