21 Nov, 2024

Will Wright – Game Design and Theory

This entry is part 12 of 11 in the series Book Reviews

I enjoyed it the last time I took the class and I’m really enjoying it this time too. His mentality towards game design, game-play, and player communities aligns with mine. It’s all about designing a toy for the player to play with and then letting them play, letting them build content to play with, and not interfering with that play, but observing it, and then finding ways to enhance that play, and encourage creativity, connections, and community.

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Natalie Portman – Acting and Characters

This entry is part 8 of 11 in the series Book Reviews

coming soon Updated: 1/24/2020 I started watching these for an indie game studio business. As a game developer, I need to have a better understanding of different types of film genres, how they work, what their tropes are. Then I need more technical details on how to create trailers and cut scenes for the games. […]

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