Comments on: Start a Game Design Club http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/ A new game idea every week and other ramblings on game design from an upstart game designer. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Start a Game Design Club by: BrianS's Mom http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-18331 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:32:12 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-18331 Has anyone come across a Design Club? Do you know of where I can get a hold of just a few agenda's to help get things started. I know nothing about this, but want to approach my son's HS about it or some community interests. Appreciate any help. Thanks. Has anyone come across a Design Club? Do you know of where I can get a hold of just a few agenda’s to help get things started. I know nothing about this, but want to approach my son’s HS about it or some community interests. Appreciate any help. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Start a Game Design Club by: Tony Hirst http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-18101 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:07:05 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-18101 Over the next 2-3 months, I'm going to be doing a little experiment: writing a 'course' on interactive media and computer game design using a blog. This blog, in fact: http://digitalworlds.wordpress.com/ Along the way, I'll be posting a series of tutorials on how to get started with Game Maker. These will be based, in part, on the 'official' GameMaker 'Getting Started', 'Maze' and 'Platform' tutorials, but they'll focus a little more on how to get the most out of those games from a design sense - including ideas on how to customise them... If you're an advanced Game Maker user, you may find other bits of the blog are of interest - I intend to look at 'Game studies', how online gamer communities work (maybe even using this community as an example! ;-) and how the business of gaming has turned the games industry into a force to be reckoned with... I intend to write a post to the blog every day or two for the next 2-3 months, (I started 10 days or so ago) http://digitalworlds.wordpress.com/ Over the next 2-3 months, I’m going to be doing a little experiment: writing a ‘course’ on interactive media and computer game design using a blog.

This blog, in fact: http://digitalworlds.wordpress.com/

Along the way, I’ll be posting a series of tutorials on how to get started with Game Maker. These will be based, in part, on the ‘official’ GameMaker ‘Getting Started’, ‘Maze’ and ‘Platform’ tutorials, but they’ll focus a little more on how to get the most out of those games from a design sense - including ideas on how to customise them…

If you’re an advanced Game Maker user, you may find other bits of the blog are of interest - I intend to look at ‘Game studies’, how online gamer communities work (maybe even using this community as an example! ;-) and how the business of gaming has turned the games industry into a force to be reckoned with…

I intend to write a post to the blog every day or two for the next 2-3 months, (I started 10 days or so ago)

http://digitalworlds.wordpress.com/

]]> Comment on Start a Game Design Club by: Samuel http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-14430 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:15:35 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-14430 Oh wow! Thanks a lot for I thought that the idea of the game that I was trying to make would be impossible for me but now I feel so good that maybe I really can do something with people's help but the big problem is that can I really trust this person?! I wish I had game design club... Now that I'm graduated from high school, I don't even know which college to go to... I wish I find a good school that requires design, math, writing, trusting people, help one another to become a successful person. I hope to find this college which isn't too expansive to go to... and I wish it is in California... I wish to have good Christian friends... First maybe I want to make a game that I have kind of planned out by myself with other people's help then to create some kind of exercise equipment that is fun for people to really get into... Thank you so much for this idea of Game Design Club. ^^ Oh wow! Thanks a lot for I thought that the idea of the game that I was trying to make would be impossible for me but now I feel so good that maybe I really can do something with people’s help but the big problem is that can I really trust this person?! I wish I had game design club… Now that I’m graduated from high school, I don’t even know which college to go to… I wish I find a good school that requires design, math, writing, trusting people, help one another to become a successful person. I hope to find this college which isn’t too expansive to go to… and I wish it is in California… I wish to have good Christian friends… First maybe I want to make a game that I have kind of planned out by myself with other people’s help then to create some kind of exercise equipment that is fun for people to really get into… Thank you so much for this idea of Game Design Club. ^^

]]> Comment on Start a Game Design Club by: Erin http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-10903 Sat, 19 May 2007 21:48:06 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-10903 Word to all that. I really like the idea of a game design club -- or a group for any passion -- whether you're a student or long past school. Just having people to talk with about what you love, to brainstorm and commiserate, can be so inspiring. I feel that way about my writing group and my band -- and talking with Patrick about all kinds of fun stuff. :) Word to all that. I really like the idea of a game design club — or a group for any passion — whether you’re a student or long past school. Just having people to talk with about what you love, to brainstorm and commiserate, can be so inspiring. I feel that way about my writing group and my band — and talking with Patrick about all kinds of fun stuff. :)

]]> Comment on Start a Game Design Club by: Patrick http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-10464 Tue, 01 May 2007 04:20:32 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/start-a-game-design-club/#comment-10464 Anywhere you can get a few people together to play and discuss games is great. Be it a classroom, a library, a tent, a scuba-base, wherever you have the time and space. Lately I've been playing (and discussing) board games with friends at a coffeeshop. You don't even have to call it a "club", but doing so makes it seem somehow more legitimate, important, and maybe even worthwhile. Like the old cine-clubs, or the Inklings, great things can happen when you get like-minded people together to discuss your craft. Anywhere you can get a few people together to play and discuss games is great. Be it a classroom, a library, a tent, a scuba-base, wherever you have the time and space. Lately I’ve been playing (and discussing) board games with friends at a coffeeshop.

You don’t even have to call it a “club”, but doing so makes it seem somehow more legitimate, important, and maybe even worthwhile. Like the old cine-clubs, or the Inklings, great things can happen when you get like-minded people together to discuss your craft.

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