In Response to Keith’s Look-Ahead Article | Dinofarm Forums

In Response to Keith’s Look-Ahead Article | Dinofarm Forums

This is definitely the best forum thread I’ve seen in a long time (maybe ever?). It’s pretty in-depth and starts out sliiightly flamey, but ends up becoming very analytical and useful. AWESOME GAME DESIGN INSIGHTS WITHIN.

Super Mario Maker : Nintendo’s essence, in your hands

Super Mario Maker : Nintendo’s essence, in your hands

Excellent article from Gamastura re: Mario Maker.

Choice Quote ‘[we] will reward those things which give the user a quick stab of emotion… one “lol” is worth a million “oh, now I get it"s.’

PuzzleScript – an open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine

PuzzleScript – an open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine

How have I never heard of this before. Super minimalist game-making tool for making elegant puzzle games. You’re not able to do anything and everything with it (the games have to be on a grid, and turn based, and not all rules are possible to code), but there are enough ideas that COULD be achieved with it that it seems potentially useful to pick up to scratch down simple prototypes. Awesome.