More Frasca in São Paulo
Gonzalo Fasca has confirmed a talk (in Spanish) about politcal games and simulation theory in São Paulo, as part of the FILE festival:Where: Avenida Paulista no 1009, 21 andarWhen: Thursday, 28th from...
View ArticleShort news from Brazilian gaming universe
- Here's a link Link to "Estamos Pensando" (We are thinking), interesting brazilian indie art game by Daniel Martins Novais. - And here's a link to job opportunities at Ubisoft Brazil.
View ArticleThe last poll of 2008
It was a very busy year - things have changed a lot in many, many aspects (all for better). The only thing I am sorry for is how this blog was neglected, and how I walked away from game design most of...
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The Global Game Jam
Willing to spend a weekend making a game? Meet the Game Jam:(from their website):What is a Game Jam?In a Game Jam, participants come together to make video games. Each participant works in a small team...
View ArticleLearning from the digital Library of Babel
Note: this started a warming up to my Round Table post. Although my game of choice is not the one discussed below, I think this is still a valid contribution to the panel. Since the panel is open for...
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The World of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Ok, so this is my contribution to the Round Table:The World of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceWoZAMM (even the acronym sounds appropriate!) is a Road-trip MMOG with a philosophical...
View ArticleTroubled Avatars
While reading Ian McEwan's novel Saturday, I was very impressed by a chapter narrating a squash match between the protagonist (a middle-aged neurosurgeon from London) and his friend and colleague....
View ArticleTiny remark on Spore Mobile
I haven't got the time to post, lately, but here is a quick impression on Spore for mobile phones.Although I've been struggling with the lack of "Save Game" (I have to play the game from the start...
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Game design and authorship
This post is a response to February's Round Table: About the Author: This month’s topic turns the literary focus from the medium, to the author. If you submitted a post to either the January or...
View Article4 years of nongames.com / Art Exhibition
Today, nongames.com is 4 years old. I know, I've been neglecting the blog for some time, now - not to mention feature content, such as my last paper on game as creative tools, which is over a year old...
View Articlelooking for art-game, game-art or whatever we should call this...
- Have you seen/worked on any interesting independent game/webgame/mod with an artistic approach? - Have you seen/worked on any interesting piece of art (film, pictures, hypertext, fiction, music etc)...
View ArticleSBGames 09 Art Exhibition
I've got some interesting games/art pieces offered since my last post, and now is official: The CFP is online now (under Parallel Events > Art Exhibition. Spread the word! Here's the CFE, by the...
View ArticleWe have a follower!
I didn't even know about this blogger feature!Wow, now I feel like we should update more oftenThanks, Jonas ;)PS: oh, we still need more submissions for the Art Exhibition, by the way? isn't anyone...
View ArticleApproaching Deadliine for SBGames 09 Art Exhibition
SBGames 09 Art Exhibition deadline is just around the corner (23 of August).We already have got some wonderful pieces of work (thank you all participating). But why not submit your art-game, in-game...
View ArticleThe Art Exhibition was a success, thank you all!
Thank you all who have submitted your work. I'll post some images of it as soon as I have them.Again, thank you all so much for the support. I'll send you individual emails as soon as I can. Time has...
View ArticleUnity 3D (and, finally, a good book on it!)
I've been looking for an affordable 3D engine for a while, and Unity 3D has become my favourite one (and now you can get the indie version for free on their website). I've been away of game-ish...
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Review: Unity Game Development Essentials
Unity 3D is becoming the engine of choice for several independent game developers/designers. Reasons for that include:- It runs on (and deploys to) both Mac OS and Windows environments.- It publishes...
View ArticleMetaplace is closing
This is sad news. From their email:Today we have unfortunate news to share with the Metaplace community. We will be closing down our service on January 1, 2010 at 11:59pm Pacific. The official...
View ArticleSBGames Art Exhibition photos!
Sorry you all for taking so long! Here are some photos from SBGames Art Exhibition - Game & Art. Again, thank you artists so much for contributing with such great games and art for it. I'll try to...
View Articlenon-game - wikipedia entry
Hey, I am in Wikipedia (sort of)!:From Wikipedia:" The main difference between non-games and traditional video games is the apparent lack of goals, objectives and challenges.[2] (...)2 ^ Francisco...
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New book: Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide
From the same publisher of Unity Game Development Essentials (that we have reviewed earlier), comes another book on this engine: Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide, by Ryan Henson...
View ArticleInterview with Jeremiah Alexander
Interview with Jeremiah Alexander : Click here to read it! (In Portuguese)
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