Perspectives in Game Design

In the 2nd edition of Pattern Language for Game Design, I will be adding advanced pattern exercises focused on game mechanics. Both of…

Adapting the work of Christopher Alexander to teach Game Design

Most game developers will agree that we need a shared language to talk to each other about games. A language to communicate our ideas to…

General Patterns Exercise

The Process of writing an academic paper turns out to be a bit different than posting here or even completing a textbook. In the end, it…

Can we design games that are ‘good’? What does that mean? How can we do it? The answers could change game design.

Essay covering the topics from my ECGC 2017 talk.

In my last article on Conan: Exiles I questioned the developers’ choice to include slavery, sexual exploitation and religious intolerance…

A gameplay trailer was recently released for Conan: Exiles. It is quite beautiful; you should take a minute and watch it and listen to the…

Why 19 thousand people spent $600 on a board game.

The website patternlanguageforgamedesign.com is a Pattern Library. It holds the game design patterns from the book Pattern Language for…