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Book - Drawing Basics and Video Game Art

I just finished reading “Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design” by Chris Solarski. As a game designer and developer I was looking f...

Animated Drawing

Have you seen the new tool from Meta AI that lets you animate your child’s drawings? It’s called Animated Drawing, and it’s a great way to bring your child’s artwork to life! This amazing tool all...

Into the Breach -- Design with Constraints

Embracing constraints can lead to game-changing design. One of the best examples of such games is “Into the Breach” by Subset Games. Constraints drive creativity and innovation, pushing you to thin...

One More Educational Idler

I can find educational aspects in any game; however, each time I enjoy as a kid, I found an educational game, especially in such genre as Idle/clicker. I’ve mentioned one recently, and today I want...

Atari Basic Programming Game

As I’ve mentioned earlier, the Atari era passed me by, so I’ve been reading up on this console and its games. I was surprised to discover that there was an educational programming game in 1979 call...

Naruto is Dark Fantasy

This year, I decided to reread and complete the entire Naruto saga. I read it many years ago and remembered it as a great story about ninjas, superpowers, magic, and willpower. But I didn’t remembe...

IDLE Math Game

An idle game, also known as incremental games or clicker games, is a genre of video games where players perform simple actions, such as clicking a button, to generate in-game currency. Most are mat...

Python for Game Designers

Jupyter Notebooks is a popular tool for data analysis and scientific computing, however I’m using it as a tool for game design. Jupyter Notebooks can be a good replacement for traditional tools lik...

Simulation Games in Education - Terra Firma

Another type of serious game that can be used in education is simulation games or “God games,” where the player has god-like powers to affect weather, change the environment, and maybe even physics...

Serious Games for a Feline Cause

One type of serious game those are trying to accept the public attention to some problems around us and make the world better this way. It doesn’t mean the such game should be too “serious” and for...