Gamification for learning
You should have heard about gamification for learning by now. If not, don’t worry, follow me through this article and we’ll try to clarify what it is. If you need…
Game Design
Gamification – What is it?
Nowadays the term “Gamification” has officially joined our vocabulary, but what is Gamification? Let’s start analysing the word, it comes from “Game”, so a game or simply having fun with…
Game design: The five stages of choice made by every player
If you have played a game before, you’d be familiar with the situation of “choice making” and the five stages of choice. The process of deciding on a certain choice instead…
Game ideas: how to create your game ideas in 5 steps
So you want to come up with new game ideas for your next game, but you don’t know exactly where to start? There is a simple and efficient technique that…
Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics (MDA): The game design theory behind games
Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics (MDA): The MDA is a formal approach to better understand games. It is considered to be the bridge between the game development and the game design. Why…
Design games around your audience: The four types of player
Design games around your audience: We are used to thinking that all the players will play our game in the same way, or at least that most of the players…
Flow channel in games: Make the player Feeling awesome
The Flow channel in games: Most of the work of a game designer is to be creative and come up with great game ideas. But sometimes, knowing about some interest…
Paper prototyping in game development
What is a paper prototyping? A paper prototype is a game concept (both mechanics and aesthetics) explained using paper. So basically, you will create a game concept with pencils and…
What is a game made of: Definition of a game
We all play games and we all enjoy the time spent doing so. But as a game designer you must deeply understand what a game is made of. Before doing…