GameDesign WikiNode

Welcome to the GameDesign wiki! This wiki collects concepts that can be used to create an engaging game.

Key Points of Interest

points	key pages
Overall vision, what we are trying to accomplish	GameDesign
Patterns are one way of organizing our thoughts	PatternLanguage
Game design ideas	CategoryGoodIdea, CategoryPattern?

Neighbors

topic	wiki title	details
Game design in German	Spieleautorenwiki	German language discussion of game design
game elements	Game Ontology	"The Game Ontology Project ... to develop a game ontology that identifies the important structural elements of games and the relationships between them." Needs wikinode
Board Games	Board Game Wiki	Non-design board gaming, especially German games; session reports
Game Programming	GameProgrammingWiki	Software, and implementing your ideas in the computer medium
General game info	Game info wiki	Aims to have information on every existing game, especially computer games, but also board games, card games, and sports. Fairly limited so far.
Free (computer) Games	FreeGames	Free (as in Freedom) Games, mostly video games
FreeRPG	FreeRPG	Free (as in Freedom) pen & paper Role Playing Games
Glass Bead Game design	Glass Bead Game Wiki	Designing gameforms and game instances of the Glass Bead Game
Piecepack	Piecepack Wiki	Information specific to designing with the Piecepack game system
Educational games	EdGames was EdGames	Using games to transmit information or skills; includes more general information
game design	Wikibooks: Game design:	Game design wiki, making a wiki-book
video game design	Wikibooks: Video Game Design	discussing all the many parts involved in building a ComputerGame
video game design	http://www.patrickcurry.com/tiddly/game/	focused on video game design needs wikinode
learning games	selearning games	Collaboratively building a game to teach financial profitability by and for social entrepreneurs. needs wikinode
Games?	Doodleblog wiki	Game design discussions more than welcome for this collection of daft games.
game research	NITLE ( was NITLE )	casual games playable through web browsers needs wikinode
casual games	the Casual Game Wiki	easy-to-play games
blocks simulation	Golly Gee blocks activity guide	a variety of "educational activities" involving (simulated) building blocks ... many look like they would work with real blocks. needs wikinode
game design	Board Game Designers Forum wiki	"all aspects of designing board games -- game design, prototyping, playtesting, publishing, ..." needs wikinode
game design and play	Board and Card Games	Q&A for people who like playing board games, designing board games or modifying the rules of existing board games, not including role-playing games.
game design, gamemastering(spelling?), and play	Role-playing Games	for players and gamemasters of tabletop role-playing games.
video/computer game development	Game Development	Q&A for professional and independent and amateur video/computer game developers, including computer RPGs or MMORPGs, including Game design (architecture, gameplay, mechanics, etc).
game design	Procedural Content Generation Wiki	generation of game content using a random or pseudo-random process that results in an unpredictable range of possible game play spaces. In principle this applies to using dice to set up the initial configuration of a board game. ComputerGame are able to (in effect) roll the dice millions of times to generate highly detailed terrain, etc.
card game design	Dvorak game wiki	Dvorak is a card game where all of the cards start out blank, reminiscent of Nomic. needs wikinode

Discussion

I've put Game design in German at the top, because it seems most relevant. I've removed Switch Wiki, because I don't think we need to link to utility wiki.

I question linking educational games, because it seems "closed"- it seems like it's for a classroom, and not outsiders. -- 216.254.10.130 [[DateTime?(2004-07-01T18:19:04Z)]]

Gollygee blocks is thinking about developing a community of its educators... and has put up a wiki about the project and how it's being used. Appropriate to link here? I see some educational game but no product-specific links. cf. http://blocks.gollygee.com/wiki/ ... Sj

Done. -- DavidCary [[DateTime?(2007-04-26T21:25:28Z)]]

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