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Game Design

Game Design is the creation of rules, mechanics, and experiences for games.

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  • Published Feb 16, 2012
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What It Is

Game Design is the creation of rules, mechanics, and experiences for games. On this site, it matters because it transfers across technical, operational, and venture work instead of staying trapped in one narrow context.

Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design

Preview for Release Checklist and "Polish"
Posts February 16, 2012

Release Checklist and "Polish"

Why polish is not cosmetic in mobile games, and the release checklist that separates a promising build from a shippable one.

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▶Aware3 — Prototype iOS/Android App Powered by Web CMS

Aware3 — Prototype iOS/Android App Powered by Web CMS

Prototyped native mobile apps for churches and communities powered by a SOAP-based web content management system — an early example of the headless CMS +...

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▶Barcode Scan — First iOS App

Barcode Scan — First iOS App

The first app built for the App Store in 2009. Ported the ZXing barcode library, handled graphics and affiliate partnerships. Users could scan a barcode and...

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Preview for IDC Projects Mobile App and Game Studio
▶IDC Projects Mobile App and Game Studio

IDC Projects Mobile App and Game Studio

A mobile studio that created 25+ iOS and Android apps with 20+ university collaborators during the earliest days of the App Store. The studio operated across...

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Preview for Memory Matches — Managing the Franchise
▶Memory Matches — Managing the Franchise

Memory Matches — Managing the Franchise

A decade-long mobile game franchise that hit #1 Game on the US App Store, was downloaded by millions, and generated over $1M in revenue across 15+ derivatives...

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Preview for Mobile Apps, Games, and Digital Products
○Mobile Apps, Games, and Digital Products

Mobile Apps, Games, and Digital Products

Projects building iOS and Android apps, games, and consumer digital products.

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Preview for Unity
▪Unity

Unity

Unity is a game development and real-time 3D platform.

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Preview for Your pH Life — Mobile App Development Partnership
▶Your pH Life — Mobile App Development Partnership

Your pH Life — Mobile App Development Partnership

A partnership to develop a mobile health and wellness application involving app development, partnership management, and health-related software constraints...

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