Game Design Idea

Inherited or created artifacts holding complex or immense magical power are a common fantasy trope. In Patricia Wrede’s Frontier Magic series, the main character inherits a complex magical artifact. It’s a talisman given from student to teacher, and it’s layered with generations of magic, a good chunk of which hides its nature. More famously, the…More

Tonight, I was thinking about RPGs, adventure games, and exploration games like Metroid Prime. I enjoy that Metroid Prime (if I remember correctly) billed itself as a first person exploration game. And it did it magnificantly. However, in a game in which you’re given a gun, it often becomes the primary tool that you use…More

Hi there. I will be talking about game design on this site, along with other related things. I’m going to be doing this in bits and pieces, and will build up designs from post to post. Therefore, this isn’t a static “here’s a design”, it’s more “here’s what I’ve been thinking about”, gradually building things…More