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Easy to Use and Incredibly Difficult: On the Mythical Border between Interface and Gameplay by Juul & Marleigh

Juul & Marleigh writes about game interfaces. Abstract: In video game literature and video game reviews, video games are often divided into two distinct parts: interface and gameplay. Good video games, it is assumed, have easy to use interfaces, but they also provide difficult gameplay challenges to the player. But must a good game followContinue reading “Easy to Use and Incredibly Difficult: On the Mythical Border between Interface and Gameplay by Juul & Marleigh”

Lies and Seductions 1.0.1

Version 1.0.1 published. The version contains corrections as follows: dialogue logic fixes; dance mini-game score calculation error fix; heart indicators are posted after dialogue ends, so it is possible to see the indicator. Known issues: The windows version have rendering artifacts. The correction is waiting for Unity 2.6 version which should contain the fix forContinue reading “Lies and Seductions 1.0.1”

Knutepunkt 2009 Book Available Online

Lates Knutepunkt book, Larp, the Universe and Everything: An anthology on the theory and practice of live role-playing (larp), is now published online. The book chapters are available at http://knutepunkt.laiv.org/2009/book/ TOC: Introduction (Matthijs Holter, Eirik Fatland, Even Tømte) A bilingual history of Latvian larp (Agnese “Axa” Dzervite) 33 ways to have fun at a LatvianContinue reading “Knutepunkt 2009 Book Available Online”

Lies and Seductions 1.0.0 Released

The game can be downloaded for free at http://www.liesandseductions.com. OSX and Windows versions available. Works also in Linux via Wine. Lies and Seductions is a single player game about seduction, lies, and betrayal. Are you able to guide Abby to seduce a rock star, Chris, promised to stay virgin untill marriage? In order to successContinue reading “Lies and Seductions 1.0.0 Released”