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Chris
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Why am I here?

Why am i here? Good question i hear you ask. The main reason for me being here is to be part of community that loves games as much as i do and be able to get a lot of experience within game design and be able to make games and add them to my portfolio. Bu...

Chris
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Game development skills:
Really love programming so my main skill is programming, the language i am best at the time of writing this is java. Game design/development experience:
I haven't actually released any games because i just mainly u...

gooneybird
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Character sheet
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Art, Programming (noob), design Game design/development experience:
Pretty much only design documents and paper prototypes, I did make a pong game once Favorite games:

Ted Carter
Ted Carter

Still working on board game challenges to better understand how to design fun and interesting systems, and am finishing up the Chapter 4 challenge on Stencylpedia to get more familiar with that framework. I thought I would try to balance that out with reading up on how video games differ from traditional media. Starting the first book of the "Well Played" series today, of which there are now three. Thoughts to follow... maybe. http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/wellplayed1.0

Well Played 1.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning | ETC Press

Well Played 1.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning | ETC Press

Drew Davidson et al. 2009 Well Played: Video Games, Value and Meaning What makes a game good? or bad? or better? Video games can be "well played" in two senses. On the one hand, well played is to games as well read is to books. On the other hand, well pla...

Vince Taroc
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Game development skills:
Not sure what qualifies under here which probably means I have none.   Game design/development experience:
Nothing. Nada. Zip! Favorite games:
Call of Duty, Halo, Final Fantasy, Angry Birds Game design heroe...