Stuart LilfordWhat do these books get wrong about level design?If you overheard a level designer saying they were planning to put a massive “weenie” in their environment, you’d be forgiven for…Apr 8Apr 8
Stuart LilfordGame Design Degrees: 10 Reasons Why They Are Anything But “Worthless”Recently, a social media post by an experienced character artist in the game industry sparked controversy within the video game and…Nov 13, 2023Nov 13, 2023
Stuart LilfordGaming Moments #01: How the Witness breaks the rules of puzzle design and gets away with itIn this series of articles, I analyse the games I’m currently playing and focus on a particular moment from the game that stood out to me…Mar 15, 2018Mar 15, 2018
Stuart LilfordThe 8 lessons I learned from making a Twine game with less than 300 wordsLesson #01: Keep an eye-out for cool jamsJan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
Stuart LilfordTrying to buy a mobile VR headset from Currys: A true storyStuart was intrigued by the thought of mobile VR. He had played on VR systems such as the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, but those systems…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Stuart LilfordCoffee (a short story about domestic violence)Although I didn’t win this particular writing competition (I can only assume it was rigged), the challenge was ‘Coffee Time’ and…Jan 12, 20181Jan 12, 20181
Stuart LilfordThe Background Art of Time Stone OR How I cheated to get perspective rightI wrote this just after the release of my adventure game Time Stone, which you can download on gamejolt or itch.ioJan 5, 2018Jan 5, 2018
Stuart Lilford5 Common mistakes made by students making their first games and how to fix themAs a lecturer in game design I see and play a lot of student games. These are often the first games these students have ever made. I have…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
Stuart LilfordChristmas StoryBack at the end of 2010 I took part in a writing competition within the AGS forums. The challenge was Secret Santa: write a short story…Dec 22, 2017Dec 22, 2017
Stuart LilfordThe day I found out the truth about Santa ClausMy Mum was properly into Christmas. My Sister used to say that there were only ever 2 times of year to my Mum: Summer and Christmas. In…Dec 18, 2017Dec 18, 2017
