http://jonshaferondesign.com Thu, 09 May 2013 02:42:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/0ffd68bacd1b755f6cab7c2aab167570?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://jonshaferondesign.com http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/30/how-do-you-become-a-game-designer/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/30/how-do-you-become-a-game-designer/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:39:26 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1619 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/30/how-do-you-become-a-game-designer/feed/ 3 jonshaferondesign Game design: it's like being a rock star, only... with a computer. http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/30/tgdrt-25/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/30/tgdrt-25/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:01:12 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1614 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/30/tgdrt-25/feed/ 0 jonshaferondesign TGDRT #25 - Information & Obfuscation http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/23/tgdrt-24-games-and-the-law/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/23/tgdrt-24-games-and-the-law/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:52:41 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1609 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/23/tgdrt-24-games-and-the-law/feed/ 0 jonshaferondesign TGDRT #24: Games and the Law http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/19/tgdrt-23/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/19/tgdrt-23/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:10:00 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1603 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/19/tgdrt-23/feed/ 1 jonshaferondesign TGDRT #23: Magic, Drafting & Updates http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/19/atg-economics-brainstorming/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/19/atg-economics-brainstorming/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:52:08 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1595 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/19/atg-economics-brainstorming/feed/ 5 jonshaferondesign Getting the economic system right is one of the largest challenges a strategy game designer faces. http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/04/tgdrt-21-free-to-play/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/04/tgdrt-21-free-to-play/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:58:59 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1582 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/04/tgdrt-21-free-to-play/feed/ 12 jonshaferondesign TGDRT #21 - Free to Play http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/02/atg-ai-mini-update/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/02/atg-ai-mini-update/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:13:21 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1578 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/04/02/atg-ai-mini-update/feed/ 8 jonshaferondesign Artificial Intelligence: the most difficult and rewarding challenge in strategy games development. http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/28/tgdrt-20-tomorrow-abnercon-games/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/28/tgdrt-20-tomorrow-abnercon-games/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:50:21 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1573 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/28/tgdrt-20-tomorrow-abnercon-games/feed/ 4 jonshaferondesign The Game Design Round Table Podcast http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/26/fairness-discovery-spelunky/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/26/fairness-discovery-spelunky/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:10:53 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1517 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/26/fairness-discovery-spelunky/feed/ 8 jonshaferondesign What is the secret recipe that makes Spelunky so wonderfully addicting? At this point you might as well just make it spikes all the way across. Do you have enough information to decide whether or not to buy the mystery box? Sure you do - you know that you could get literally ANYTHING. The game does not hide this fact. Even after 1,200 playthroughs there were parts of Spelunky I'd never seen before. Now THAT'S replayability! http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/21/tgdrt-19-diplomacy-allan-calhamer/ http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/21/tgdrt-19-diplomacy-allan-calhamer/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:39:28 +0000 Jon Shafer http://jonshaferondesign.com/?p=1513 ]]> http://jonshaferondesign.com/2013/03/21/tgdrt-19-diplomacy-allan-calhamer/feed/ 0 jonshaferondesign The Game Design Round Table Podcast