School Visit

When left a day early to go to DreamHack Sthlm since we were asked by another team if we wanted to come with when they visited a school in Stockholm to talk a little about what we do at university and what it is like to study at a higher level. We did not know exactly what to do or why exactly we were there but we just went with it.
After one guy from the other team had a presentation  […]

Back from DreamHack

The team just got back from DreamHack Sthlm, it has been a long weekend and we were all pretty exhausted. Although we had to share our space with another team, giving us only half of the time to show Tamarrion, and that the expo area was so small, we did have a really good time and we got to see some people really enjoying our game.
Comments that we got were, for instance, that they liked the character design and she […]

A small step for me, a giant leap for damselkind!

Här är mitt första blogginlägg…någonsin. Woop-di-doo!
Kommer antagligen skriva om min första krönika inom en snart framtid, samt ett par rapporter om tidigare workshops (vi har designat sällskapsspel… många sällskapsspel… av varierande kvalité).
Tyvärr har jag en novell som pockar.
Mitt odt-dokument som ser skrämmande blankt ut just nu…
 
 
*** Edit *** Det blev inte så mycket skrivet…..

Tasteful Games

So I’m starting a new blog on behalf of the startup I am involved in – Tasteful Games.
We’re a small company, currently 6 people who are planning to make games, both analogue and digital. All of us who work here are students of game design at Uppsala University and we love games far too much to do just video games or just board games.
There are other reasons too of course. Board gaming is currently where it’s at with a market on the […]

Tasteful Games

So I’m starting a new blog on behalf of the startup I am involved in – Tasteful Games.
We’re a small company, currently 6 people who are planning to make games, both analogue and digital. All of us who work here are students of game design at Uppsala University and we love games far too much to do just video games or just board games.
There are other reasons too of course. Board gaming is currently where it’s at with a market on the […]

Money Tree – Dev. Post 01

I’ve started working on the serious game Money Tree (name not final) a game about banks, loans, house prices and how all of those are connected.

Before I start talking about the work I’ve done I’ll talk about what the game is about. First of all: This is a serious game which means that its primary purpose is to teach and provoke people, not necessarily being fun.

Basic Premise:
Why are houses and apartments so expensive? That’s a question a lot of […]

Pen in Flames take 2!

Take 2, ladies and gents! I thought I could upload images of my sketches through my phone the other day, which I know I’ve done before! But no… So a new try today! So why a redesign on Cinderella’s Carriage you ask? Because why not, I say! I am a … – Läs hela inlägget här

Catching up again

Okay, time for some catching up since the blog have been dead for over two months.
I got nothing else done during the summer as the rest of the family stayed in Stockholm most of the time, between keeping the house running and worrying i didn’t get any work done sadly. I am glad i had this optional course to drop rather than one i needed to complete as because i was able to drop the course i was able to […]

Goal Statement for Game Design in Practice

My goals for Tamarrion for the course Game Design in Practice are:
– to create 1 new boss – this must fit the theme and feel consistent with, while creating an interesting contrast from the previous boss as they are supposed to belong to the same wing of the game.
– creating and maintaining a community of players interested in playing Tamarrion – this will include blogs, Twitch, Twitter, events and a landing page for Tamarrion.
– releasing a demo consisting of the […]

New course!

So after I thought I was finished with school I had the great idea to apply for a new course. Game Design in Practise!
This will mean that I have to work at a product from start to finish and release it to an audience. If that isn’t terrifying I don’t know what is. I will not do this alone however, I will have my trusted Doorbell (aka Mariam) whom I will be working with. Hopefully if all goes well we […]

Ideas and Beginnings

Everything starts somewhere. This would be the start of my first ever attempt at entrepreneurship and trying to market a product with the distinct goal of having gone through the entire process in earnest. This is however easier said than done, as not only must I have the idea of a product ready, but also be able to know to whom it might be attractive be it private consumers or otherwise.
Seeing as I am looking at a 5-month period where […]

Game Design in Practice – Goals

My goals for the course Game Design in Practice and by extension project Money Tree (name not final) are as follow:
1. I want to be part of creating and releasing a game or a game-like product. By doing this I hope to be able to step into the video game industry, improve my portfolio and earn some money (hey, I can’t live on study help forever).
2. Learn and implement marketing in relation to a game or game-like product.Marketing is […]