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Meu pai trabalhou a vida toda como funcionário, apesar de esporadicamente compartilhar comigo a vontade de ter o próprio neg…

Leveling Up in a Consumer App

There are a lot of things that we can learn from the game industry. Chris Dixon recently wrote a really…

The Unbalanced Design of Super Smash Brothers

(Originally published November 18, 2014)

Indie Quest — Week 6; amiss with chaos

This is the third entry in my devlog about my endeavor in making a game within 2 months (supposedly — more than later) and releasing it as part of my course’s capstone. You can read the previous entry of the series here.

The Myths of UX Design/ Product Design/Whatever They Call It This Week

The Optimistic and Pessimistic Designer

Summary of the idea: Ruth and I stand polar opposite of the spectrum. While she is the…

On Being A Ruthless Game Maker

Four ways to make sure features don’t ruin the fun.

5 Ways to Optimize Immersion in Games

Takeaway: To optimize the feeling of “presence” or immersion in a game, designers should carefully consider: 1) characteristics of the specific game platform they are using (hint-VR is best), 2) representational fidelity of the game world, 3) level of…

“Yes You Can!” — Life Lessons From a Game Jam

During the last weekend of January I’ve been part of the Global Game Jam 2016–48 hours of work, creativity and crunch time. The stated goal is to create a game, learn new stuff and of course meet new people. What makes GGJ even cooler is that it…