Why I’m Not Grouping By Scientific Field
One thing I specifically wanted to avoid for the card grouping was to group them by scientific field. There are couple of reasons why I didn’t want to have Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Genomics, etc.
First, let me share an experience from the Rebooting Computing conference I attended a couple weeks ago. Many of the attendees were [...]
Player Roles
Yesterday I discussed a two tiered card grouping idea, with a broad division into Science and Context, and then subcategories underneath each. I mentioned that it would mesh well with today’s ideas about player roles, so without further ado:
An important part of the theme and balance is the role each player takes.
Here’s the obligatory comparison [...]
Alternate WoW Style Card Groups
After thinking about the five group Magic-style division of cards I proposed yesterday, I didn’t really like them. They were a sensible way to divide the different items, but there was no way I could think of (not even a bad way) to make gameplay out of it. I doodled some more on the train [...]
Design Proposal: Five Aspects of SciTech
Learning about game design has been fun. (I’m still learning – don’t think I’m getting cocky.) While my visible progress has been slow, everything is constantly being juggled around in my mind several times a day – game design articles, research on previous successful games, ideas for how I can apply those lessons to GeekStack. [...]
Network Effects With Lock-In? Yikes!
I was listening to a talk on my iPod the other day, and the speaker was talking about how some of the biggest Tech businesses (Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, eBay, Amazon) were either founded or hit their stride during bad ecomonic times. That’s a fine fact, but he was saying it to a bunch of [...]
Alternate Subscription Feed Without Daily Links
A friend at the Cameesa T-Shirt shop asked for an alternate feed that doesn’t include the daily links, and so I made one. If you’re interested in following GeekStack as a company but don’t want a daily dose of Geeky news, subscribe to this feed instead of the usual one:
GeekStack Blog (No Links)
Enjoy!
