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GeekDad Daily Deal: A Lifetime Membership to the School of Game Design
Create to your heart’s content with a Lifetime Membership to the School of Game Design: 98% off!
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GeekDad Daily Deal: The Complete Python Programming Bundle
Get a new set of skills with the Complete Python Programming Bundle: 93% off!
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Lifetime Membership to School of Game Design
Build that game you’ve always wanted to with a Lifetime Membership to School of Game Design: 98% off!
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GeekDad Daily Deal: The Complete Game Design and Developer Bundle
Get in the game with the Complete Game Design and Developer Bundle: 94% off!
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Pay What You Want Game Design Course Bundle
You choose with the Pay What You Want Game Design Course Bundle.
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GeekDad Daily Deal: AGFPRO 3.0 Game Creator and DLC Bundle
AGFPRO 3.0 Game Creator and DLC Bundle: 90% off!
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Pay What You Want Game Design Course Bundle
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Mega Game Design Bundle
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E3: Hands On With ‘Super Mario Maker’
Anyone who has daydreamed of becoming a game designer can make that wish come true in Super Mario Maker, coming exclusively to Wii U.
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GeekDad Daily Deals: The Pay What You Want Game Design Course Bundle
All fun and games with today’s game design bundle: pick your price
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GeekDad Interviews ‘Thunderbirds’ Game Designer Matt Leacock
Game designer Matt Leacock talks about “Thunderbirds,” the “Pandemic” series, and game design.
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New Movie Looks at TableTop Games, From Prototypes to Publishing
A new movie takes a look at taking boardgames from prototype to publishing by following one very determined game designer.
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International Scratch Day: Saturday, May 17!
Do your kids Scratch? Nope, this isn’t a medical question. Scratch is a free programming language developed for kids.
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A Playful Path: You Need This Book (and it’s free)
“Play is how we have learned to learn. Instructions? We don’t need no stinkin’ instructions.” Bernie DeKoven
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Maker Faire New York: Fueling My 3D Fantasies
If you have an interest in 3D printing, Maker Faire has the power to turn that interest into an obsession.
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Geek Camp: Alka Seltzer and Frickin' Laser Beams
Days 3 and 4 of our family Geek Camp included a trip to a nearby hackerspace and playtesting a water tag game. This is a report from the field.
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Game Lab Makes GameStorm a Destination for Board Game Designers
Game designers need one thing more than anything else in the world for their ideas—play-tests. KC Humphrey and Game Lab have been making that happen.
Continue ReadingDesign Games, Win Cash
Think you’ve got a good idea for a game? Here are two chances to win some cash. First up is Marbles: The Brain Store, which specializes in “brain-friendly” toys, puzzles, and games. They’re looking for something that is: brain beneficial …
Continue ReadingToday Is Deadline for Thousand-Year Game Design Challenge
Back in January, we mentioned game designer extraordinaire Daniel Solis’s Thousand-Year Game Design Challenge. The contest is all about creating a game that will still be played in the year 3011. No mean feat. After all, a thousand years is …
Continue ReadingRethinking the Future of Board Games
Last year I questioned whether the future of board games would eventually incorporate things like OLED screens built into the hex tiles and digital interactivity in place of wooden meeples and bits. I was doubtful, and defended the analog side …
Continue ReadingThe Thousand-Year Game Design Challenge
What games will people still play a thousand years from now? More importantly, will they be playing a game that you designed? Daniel Solis, creator of the storytelling party game Happy Birthday, Robot! has launched a new project called the …
Continue ReadingUnity Engine Lets Anyone Design Their Own Computer Games
GeekTeen John has been teaching himself to design computer games using the game engine Unity. Here’s his report: With all the recent advancements in videogame technology, it’s no surprise that we would get some programs that allowed anyone to create …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Interview: Loaded Questions with Game Designer Eric Poses
Eric Poses is the creator of the board game Loaded Questions. A new, updated version of the game was just released last week. Eric is a bit of a GeekDad himself, with two kids (ages four and one) now. I …
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