What are gamification techniques, elements and strategies?
When you work in an industry it is really easy to become absorbed by wording and to assume everyone will naturally understand them. In fact even the term gamification, still …
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Learning about the game design process from an exhibition in the V&A museum in London
The Victoria and Albert Museum is hosting a videogames exhibition to give an insight into the design process behind the making of some known and lesser known games. I took …
Losing isn’t fun
I debated long and hard whether to write this post or not, but decided to go ahead. If you know me personally, then you know I am originally from Belgium (Antwerp …
What are your deliverables?
When we are talking to potential clients at some point in the conversation, we will get asked ‘What are your deliverables?’. For each project, they may vary slightly depending on …
What should be in your gamification design document?
In the games industry, the game design document is the one living document where all the information regarding the game, gameplay, characters, win/lose conditions, etc. is held. In our work, we …
Social by design
Board games are social games by design. If you think about it, you are sitting around the table, playing a game together. If the game has collaborative elements in it, …