Ascii Dreams

Looking at the balance of narrative vs ludology in game design, I keep thinking about what it is that narrative does. I’m not especially int...

I don't know where to begin, but there are so many things I want to say about this game that I didn't realise I needed to play until...

One of the contributors to the PCG wiki just highlighted a link to Blizzard discussing randomized level generation in Diablo III . Unfortun...

I believe I've discussed this before , but Gabe Newell is also now recommending that you give me money in order to fund me developing m...

Half way through reading a #gamedesign tweet started by Soren Johnson, I came across this gem: Harvey1966 @bbrathwaite : Another fave exam...

The answer to my Cold Start question I posed earlier: I have seen this problem previously caused by the CPU starting on a low stepping and ...

Those of you intrigued by the Cold Start story I told have made some interesting guesses, but I'll let you ponder this additional piece...

There have been a number of intriguing articles written over the last few weeks about one of the key concepts, and most criticised features,...

I bought myself my first desktop ever: a Dell Studio XPS, and had it delivered earlier in the week. It's reasonably well specced (Core I...

Two articles in as many days. I nearly fell off my chair. An @Play article on Nethack variants . Including some other game which features Un...

I'd like to start a thread here, and on the angband.oook.cz forums, for analysis of what worked and what didn't work in the Unangban...

The first Unangband competition entry to complete the major requirement (killing Sauron) has been uploaded. drchung felled him in less than ...