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Game Design Exercise #2 – Collaboration

Game Design Exercise #2 – Collaboration

Over the years, I have cobbled together a few game design exercises that I thought I’d share with you… This next design exercise I’ll call Collaboration for lack of a better name. I found my first time playing it here way back in 2007. It is one that has always pretty amazing results. Participants each contribute to a set of game rules, then play the game to completion with a winner. It sounds like it would be difficult to get a fully functioning game…

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Game Design Exercise #1 – Wild Pitch

Game Design Exercise #1 – Wild Pitch

Over the years, I have cobbled together a few game design exercises that I thought I’d share with you… This first one is called Wild Pitch and is an exercise in focused creativity. All you need is some pencils/pens, some small strips of paper, and, of course, some other designers. Any number of designers will do, though I prefer small groups of four or so. To start off, each designer brainstorms (silently to himself) to come up with a slew of fictitious…

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