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Some Game Design Approaches
As impressive as most commercial games look like, ‘new’ games rely mostly on skinning (signs and stories), slight modding (rule systems), recombination and maybe some additional extras – to already known and successful games and game mechanics.
Posted in gamedesign, games, method, narratives, rules
Tagged accretion, modding, recombination, repurposing, skinning, tuning
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Das Namenlose Uni-Hamburg-Spiel
Link zum Bild mit höherer Auflösung. Ein Blick auf den Spielplan genügt: Figuren aufstellen; versuchen, mit allen Figuren einmal ungeschlagen um den Parcours zu gelangen (“Wie ungerecht, die Studis müssen fünf Pöppel nach Hause bringen und die Profs nur drei!”). … Continue reading
Posted in education, gamedesign, games, method, Nicht kategorisiert
Tagged spiel, uni, unusability
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What are Alternate Reality Games (ARG)?
An Alternate Reality Game – or ARG – can be seen as a webbased offspring of Webquests, Roleplaying Games, collaborative writing, massive multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and the german concept of “Planspiel”. The ARG’s form is predominantly a forum-like website, … Continue reading
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