Justin B – The Mechanics of Magic

Permadeath and Faster Than Light – RWP Week 2

April 23, 2025

This week, we played Faster Than Light, a pixel-art, 2D roguelike where the player controls a spaceship fleeing rebels, trading with pirates, and navigating randomly…

Mindmap: Narrative Architecture – Justin

April 23, 2025

Juiciness and World of Goo – RWP Week 1

April 22, 2025

If you’ve ever played a fighting game like Super Smash Bros Ultimate, you know that satisfying feeling of landing a critical hit. While most of…

Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Justin

April 17, 2025

If you were to combine the Impress-the-Judge pattern of Apples to Apples with the laughter and expressiveness of games like Quiplash, you would get Wing It….

Sketchnote: Game Design Patterns for Building Friendships – Justin

April 16, 2025

Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging and Getting Vulnerable… – Justin

April 11, 2025

Innersloth’s Among Us is an online social deduction game that rose to immense popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The game is available on most…

Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? – Justin

April 10, 2025

Some questions that prototyping might help game designers answer about their games: Which parts of the game need to be associated with real/virtual…

Sketchnote: What Games Are and Aren’t – Justin

April 8, 2025

MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Justin

April 7, 2025

Manifold Garden is a gravity-defying, visually stunning puzzle game wherein the player navigates a complex, 3D geometric world. The game embodies several of Hunicke,…

The Formal Elements of Game Design Mindmap - Justin

Mindmap: Formal Elements – Justin

April 3, 2025

Introduce Yourself – Justin

April 2, 2025

Hi everyone! My name is Justin (he/him) 🙂 This is me! My dad and I got ice cream together in Palo Alto last week…

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