Simulation Sandbox Mode: Game or Toy?

Thinking back to our game design lecture about game vocabulary and what makes something a game, I remember having a …

Yoshi’s Crafted World: Analyzing the Costume Economy and Mechanic

UPDATE March 17, 2021 – I was informed by friend and fellow game designer (thanks, Joey!) just a couple days …

Designing for Cheating

If a designer lets you cheat and designs systems that allow it, is it really cheating? A case study of The Sims. The other day, as …