1 This is the first part of an in-depth look at the design of Desktop Dungeons, the South African game that won the Excellence for Design Award at the IGF. In this part, we look at the player actions, choices, and tension.
Yearly Archives: 2011
1 
6 Quadtrees are 2D data structures, useful for efficient representation of 2D data (such as images), and lookup in a 2D space. This is a simple implementation tutorial.
Quadtrees: Implementation
2 Two Dev.Mag writers share their board game design experiences: conception, design, production, playtesting.
Board Silly (Tabletop Game Design)
3 This article shows how to implement a simple graphical logging system to find errors in physics, AI and animation faster.
Using graphs to debug physics, AI, and animation effectively
24 In this article, the Dave Russell introduces the basic concepts of diegesis theory in video game interface design.
Video game user interface design: Diegesis theory
3 South African game developers share what skills they think are important for budding game developers.
Top skills to become a game developer: what South African ...
9 Text files can be messy when logging events from games. In this article, Herman Tulleken shows you how to use HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build visually informative logs that make debugging easier.
Make your logs interactive and squash bugs faster
42 This article gives handy tips for designing and building a platformer. There are tips for designing the interface, handling jumping and collision boundaries of goodies and baddies, implementing AI, and other ways to make a fun game.