[...] even used by Ian Bogost in class, probably as a bad example, and culminated (for now, anyway) in presenting the game in a GDC 2007 session entitled “Nuances of Design,” in which several designer/programmers showed off [...]

[...] control mechanism, yet that is a small issue and should not detract from the game’s enjoyment.13. Andean BirdQuite unlike anything else out there, Andean Bird offers a leisurely glide across the landscape to [...]

[...] 8th, 2007 at 8:47 AM I’ve been researching game development and came across a blog entry recounting a game design conference; the following concept really struck me:The Marriage, can only [...]

[...] Wow, it sounds like I haven’t seen the most recent version of that flapping game. It’s here: http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/03/09/gdc-07-jon-blows-nuances-of-design-session/ [...]

[...] some stuff about Areae, some stuff about old days at SOE and at EA/Origin, and a lot of stuff about Andean Bird and game design stuff. F13: So what have you been occupying your time with in the past six months [...]

[...] "Andean Bird."The version shown at GDC is up here: http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/03/09/gdc-07-jon-blows-nuances-of-design-session/ [...]

[...] of at least half a dozen bloggers ( Arthouse Games, Joystiq, Indygamer, TIG Source, Man Bytes Blog, Raph Koster, Jonathan Blow ). Probably precisely because of its explicit purpose of trying to express something [...]

[...] scores or tutorials. You are supposed to feel the game, and I did during Jonathan Blow’s Nuances of Design session, where I spaced out and started empathizing with my own experiences until I started feeling that [...]

[...] mentioned in my discussion of Jon Blow’s Nuances of Design session that to my mind, Rod Humble’s The Marriage was clearly a game that was intended, and [...]

The big take away for me was playing The Marriage, which I was lukewarm about at the Experimental Gameplay workshop but it really clicked when I actually got a chance to play it.