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i'm a veteran programmer/architect/mentor with background in web-based business applications currently transitioning to developing games/applications for mobile platforms.(smartphones, tablets). |
Member Blogs
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"Stickyness", "Purpose", (an Introduction with Diablo 3) |
| Posted by Michael DeFazio on Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:39:00 EDT in
Design,
Serious
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| an introduction of "purpose" and "stickyness" (aspects of games that keep us playing) in game design. how systems and features should be aligned with the main "purpose" of the game. (Diablo 3 is primarily discussed) |
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evaluating an effective mobile game experience |
| Posted by Michael DeFazio on Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:42:00 EDT in
Design,
Smartphone/Tablet
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| a list of questions that can be used as evaluation criteria for designing a successful (mobile) game experience. |
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Michael DeFazio's Comments
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Comment In: Xbox One releasing this November, $499 price point [News - 06/10/2013 - 02:06]
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Play Skyrim first... r n ... Play Skyrim first... r n r nOtherwise if you start playing Dark Souls and enjoy the combat, you wont be able to tolerate combat in Skyrim r n r nI love both btw, but what Skyrim excels at big open world, fun upgrades, interesting quests does get a little stale ... |
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Comment In: Gearbox, Sega sued over alleged Aliens discrepancies [News - 05/01/2013 - 06:50]
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dat release day review embargo... ... dat release day review embargo... what about pre-orders |
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Comment In: 'I think most game designers really just suck' - Richard Garriott [News - 03/20/2013 - 05:30]
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sir, r ni echoed your ... sir, r ni echoed your sentiments down below didnt read you comment beforehand and owe you a like r n r nas an aside that 's certainly not to say game designers for AAA titles aren 't talented professionals, managing 100 professionals in any field, and especially in an artisitic ... |
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Comment In: Creating Better NPCs [Blog - 03/18/2013 - 07:06]
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Just a thought, but what ... Just a thought, but what I think would be a great addition to a facility like cleverscript would be to have separate corpuses of knowledge and NPCs can be defined by groups/affiliations... for example: r n r nbartertown locals group all know basic information about bartertown, so making small talk ... |
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Comment In: A Miyamoto design pillar: Forget characters, focus on experiences [News - 03/12/2013 - 03:26]
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Bland, white, male characters r ... Bland, white, male characters r n r n-An overweight plumber in overalls r n-A family of gorillas r n-A female space bounty hunter r n-A pink gelatinous sphere with a mouth r n-A space-bound fox r n r n...I 'm not always defensive of Nintendo, but to say their characters ... |
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Comment In: Video: The struggle between game and story [News - 03/12/2013 - 09:44]
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tongue firmly planted in cheek ... tongue firmly planted in cheek r nkilled fifty doods all minorities , blow 'd up a Hind Helicopter... r n r nHEY look swimming pool r n r n Marco... |
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