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imgfavepopular: ★ discovered on imgfave.com (social image bookmarking) We use Molly Bang’s book Picture This – which uses the story of Little Red Riding Hood to build examples of visual tension with simple shapes – to teach the visual portion <a href=“http://www.p4games.org/”>Pixels, Programming, Play & Pedagogy</a>.
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Design/chaos: Custom tools and control method design
Design/chaos: Custom tools and control method design christophator: I have recently built some custom tools for the game engine using Python which allow me to parse the map files (.tmx files created with Tiled Map Editor) and extract graphs from the object layers which I can use in the game for entity navigation (some entities…
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Pew: 71% of Americans say “This country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.”
Pew: 71% of Americans say “This country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.” mohandasgandhi: Public support for alternative energy transcends political barriers A new Pew Poll “Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology” finds strong support for the environment and clean energy. The PDF is here and the summary with charts is…
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Find deeper fun by killing levels Steambirds: Survival started with the observation that the core mechanic of maneuvering planes was fun independent of the level design. When we were building the first game, we’d toss in enemy planes nearly at random and interesting combat scenarios would emerge. My personal design process is highly exploratory: I…