PAX Prime 2011 – Character Art in Guild Wars 2: Creation and Iteration
Character design in MMO games draws players in and gets them invested in both the game world and their own characters. Designing compelling, unique races and characters while making them a cohesive...
PAX Prime 2011 – Guild Wars 2: Designing a Cooperative Experience
In this in-depth presentation, Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer Eric Flannum and Lead Content Designer Colin Johanson will take a look at the history of player vs. environment (PvE) in massively...
Can’t get enough Silent Cartographer? Does Assault on the Control Room make you weak in the knees? If so, this panel discussing the re-imagining of the classic single player Campaign is a...
PAX Dev 2011 – Player and Designer Expectations – a LIVE Friends on Play Discussion
What do players expect when approaching games? Shall we uphold or shatter these expectations? The social games market exposes new challenges - what expectations will we instill in this sea of new...
In adventures and other explorational games, the setting is often the most eloquent and memorable character: an island, a castle, a starship. How do these locales tell stories, and how does the...
How do you design challenges for gamers who haven't played the last thirty famous entries in the genre? What about readers and writers who do not identify as gamers? Video quality is as good as...
