Today I talked to Dan Cook about competitive games, social games, and our objectives behind making games in the first place. This was one of my favorite conversations with one of my favorite game design theorists out there. His blog, Lost Garden, was literally THE blog (along with maybe some stuff from Anna Anthropy) that … Continue reading "DanC on the reasons for making games"
Read MoreAuthor: Keith Burgun
Game designer, author
Dialectic with my 2012 self on “the importance of theme”
One of the things that’s scary about being a writer is that the things you write keep existing, unchanged, the way that you wrote them, back when you wrote them. Sometimes it’s difficult to go back to a piece you wrote even six months ago and re-read your own work. There’s just always so much … Continue reading "Dialectic with my 2012 self on “the importance of theme”"
Read MoreDaniel Moore on music theory, formalism, and difficulty
Hey everyone! Today I have an interview with Daniel Moore – a joint podcast episode with his podcast, This Podcast Could Take Forever. I didn’t know about his show, but he was a listener and he reached out and mentioned that since we both have backgrounds in games and music theory, we should have this … Continue reading "Daniel Moore on music theory, formalism, and difficulty"
Read MoreChess Mix is just about ready for launch!
Hey everyone. For the last nine months or so I’ve been working on a game called Chess Mix. I haven’t written a formal thing about it here on the website, so here’s that formal thing! What is it? Chess Mix is a turn based tactical strategy game. You move units around the board, which move … Continue reading "Chess Mix is just about ready for launch!"
Read MoreDifficulty in Videogames
I wanted to write a few words about difficulty in games. First, the word “difficulty” doesn’t really apply to the kinds of things I want to make: strategy games. Or at least, it shouldn’t. Any good multiplayer online strategy game will have a matchmaking system, which does the very best it can at providing a … Continue reading "Difficulty in Videogames"
Read MoreCGD Podcast: Updates, League of Legends, and being a solo coder/designer
Hi! Thanks for listening. Here’s what I talk about on this week’s show. Updates about Chess Mix, revamping my Patreon, thinking more about article writing vs. video-making, some games I’ve been playing, and more A section about League of Legends and why you should probably play it, or at the least have a lot of … Continue reading "CGD Podcast: Updates, League of Legends, and being a solo coder/designer"
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