Species The Boardgame

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My Poor Ancestors

Messin around with Keyframes and Text
Little old Ireland





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Ill Behaviour

Paula's Graphic design Book

Grid systems in graphic designs A Handbook for Graphic Artists Typographers and Exhibition Designers

Not a great copy but cheaper than 70 bucks

Noelie

Started down the slippery slope

Psycho Poster

Check out my Hitchkock Poster

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Gaming in the fire

I had an enjoyable Ludology class playtesting.

Rudely interrupted by the fire alarm.

We playtested Opposites and I found it enjoyable. 4 of us played and played to a finish. It was the first time to have the full 4 players and it worked well. There was good conflict and play was good.
The 4 colour and the cycling through these worked well, the extra complexity added an extra dimension to the game. In the endgame i converted a large number of my counters to black (my picked colour) only to be cycled through to white at the last minute.
The new colour board worked well - the printed progression of colours was clear.
I would like to progress the game further. I have been searching for counters online, the painted money isn't the best and slightly bigger counters would be better. I think moving to an A3 print with bigger counters would be better.

Hugh was suggesting adding extra dimensions to the game, magic squares etc, but on further though i think the game has enough complexity and sometimes simplicity is better. Maybe if we get a chance to playtest on wednesday could try out options.

We then played Medieval game of conquest.
A great idea with a wonderfully designed set of instructions.
We only had a short time to play but it had great potential. With slight modifications it could work very well.

Puzzles
I am playing a lot of Professor Layton on the DSi - its interfereing with my soaps. I am getting better at the puzzles but still find them very challenging. The more i play the less frustrated at the game narrative i become. The glue to hold the puzzles together is important - i am looking forward to the new release this month.

Deadspace
I am playing a bit of deadspace, I find it so eerie - a really enjoyable play. The sluggish movement fits the style so well. I find myself so jarred by the attacks on the player and am stopped in my tracks everytime he is stabbed. The sound track is phenominal - the slow breathing is so atmospheric.

World of Warcraft - Gonna take the plunge later once i get the assignments done, "Stay away from the dark side Luke" - I think i need to take the plunge.

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Prezi Game Review Creaky Old Memory Beta1

V1.0 Game Review Prezi

Creaky Old Memory on Prezi

On On
and
Anon

Opposites V2 Colour

Version 2 of 4 Player Territorial Acquisition game with 4 colours and progression from black to white to red to blue.

All Set for Playtesting Monday.

Anon.

Opposites V2 Colour

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My Sad Chindogu

My Chindogu Failed.
Everyday use according to Paula.
I could use an open spanner everyday!!!
But hey what the hell I was trying to learn Illustrator.
I am learning and loving it.
My images and illustrations look remedial compared to others in the class.
But I am lovin it - On On and On as the HHH put it
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History of the Bicycle Screen Tools

Kraftwerk and Freddie Mercury Backing tracks to Final Cut Sequences














Netsky and Adobe Premiere








I Like my bike!

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In at the deep end

In at the deep end

So many games - such little time - time management?
Busy installing and setting up my gaming machines - loving it.
Got a candy yellow Dsi xl with Braintraining, ordered an R4i card waiting on that.
I tried an emulator on the pc for Professor Layton testing seemed to work fine. The story is really anoying much better if they had a puzzle only version.
Found an xbox arcade to crack - €50 with no controller picking up today, bit scared to do the firmware but can't wait to play red dead redemption. Found a cake of dual layers will pick up today as well.
Currently copying Dead Space - can't wait to be scared. Loved the footage and postmortem in class today.
Playing Mirrors edge - I find the controls tricky but love the style and interaction. Love the life on the rooftop.
Started playing Civ V - the intro movie is awesome I was questioning whether it was an actor, it won't be long till all game play is that good.
Loving Psychonauts, wonderful graphics and the style is awesome. I found the gameplay enjoyable and enjoy the easy play.
Started playing creaky old memory The game i have to review for next week - stylish view , not so sure of the gameplay bit tricky to get going. Will try prezi for my review.
Started playing Minecraft - don't know what to do - I think i need a tutorial!
　
Playtesting In Ludology Class

Had a good time at playtesting today
Started with Festivus, a great rock festival territorial acquisition game. The board and accessories were great and with some modification played quite well.
Then played my Go variant Opposites. Played an enjoyable game and decided to progress this game to next week with some modifications. The mods are to add 2 new colours red and blue (fire and water) and to cycle through the colours instead of the simple black and white switching.
Had a great time playing the Mario Kart board game from last years class. I was really impressed with the quality of production and once we got to grips with the rules it played well. I hope my game can come near to its standard.
　
Puzzle Creation

I came up with my 10 puzzles - harder than I thought and took longer than I thought to test and document.
Scared by the hard puzzles Hugh sent out - I feel stupid trying them don't know if i have any correct.

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Opposites A Game of 2 Colours

A simple game with territorial acquisition

Opposites A Game of 2 Colours

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Variable Types In Javascript Numeric or String

Is it numeric or string



questions questions

Paula Scher Design Resources

Quote - "Be Culturally Liberate Because If You Don't Have Any Understanding Of The World You Live In And The Culture You Live In, You're Not Going To Express Anything To Anybody Else." - Paula Scher

UCLA Design Classes Material
classes.design.ucla.edu




Paula Scher Gets Serious


Brand America - Paula discusses rebranding America

Paula-Scher-on-Brand-America

Identity Design - A letter from Paula
Identity Design

Paula On Paula
designthinkers.com

Paula Scher A Giant

Presentation On Paula Scher a Veritable Icon of Design

Paula Scher A Giant

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Ludology Microtalk 1

First Version of Ludology Microtalk. 5 areas of my life to create 5 games. 20 slides 16 secs per slide.

Ludology Microtalk 1

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Chris Crawford The Dragon Speech

A wonderful heartfelt presentation from one of the kings.

I really empathise with him. When I started in software development one man teams did analysis, design, implementation, testing and documentation. A team of 3 was a very large scale project. Things have progressed now to a production line with very little scope for creativity or innovation. He definitely had issues with the modern large scale, commercial, goal driven product lifecyle, which apparantly Chris had problems fitting in with.

Speech Part1


Speech Part 2


Speech Part 3


Speech Part 4


Speech Part 5



Long live the king!