Game Boy Turns 20

04Apr09

Even though I am being somewhat overwhelmed with work and work and work I cannot miss out on the fact that my favorite portable gaming gear – the Game Boy™ – made its first public appearance in April 1989 and has thus turned a solid 20 this year!

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Tags: anniversary, birthday, console, game boy, gaming console, nintendo, portable, tetris

Target Audience vs. Game Designer

13Jan09

Who are you making games for? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Who is going to play the game in the end? Who am I trying to reach with my idea?

Filed under: Design, Game Design, MMO, Mac, PC, PS2, game, iPhone, mobile, wii   |  11 Comments
Tags: addictive, AI, audience, casual, development, fun, game, gamer, graphics, hardcore, high-end, mechanics, mobile, PC, production, story, target

What the hell is an MTF?

07Jan09

My magnificent and most observant partner in crime has let me know that the acronym “MTF”, which is a synonyme for…

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Tags: All your base are belong to us, credits, excel sheet, feedback, help, hint, legal, MTF, text, text file

MTF Epiphanies

05Jan09

On one of my former projects I became responsible for the MTF, without any previous warning. Not having dealt with an MTF before I approached the task with a certain naïvety…

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Tags: changes, character, communication, file, game, industry, information, languages, limitation, mobile, MTF, phone, register, screenshot, special, studio, style, technical, terms, text, translator

Ode to The iBook And A Tale of Woe

31Dec08

Two days ago I was intensely working on a game overview document for a client when all of a sudden the screen of my iBook turned pitchblack and shut itself down without prior warning.

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Tags: apple, barbie suitcase, battery, dead, hd, iBook, logic board, Mac, mac hater, mac lover, notebook, PC, problem, screws, solution, solved

1st Game Designer Get Together

21Dec08

Yesterday, the first get together for local game designers took place. We decided to kick off at the werkzeugH in Vienna.

Filed under: Board Games, Design, Game Design, Game Design Get Together, Indie, PC, iPhone, mobile   |  2 Comments
Tags: Board Games, challenges, christmas, console, creativity, events, experience-base, game designers, game jams, get together, holidays, ideas, kick off, knowledgebase, meeting, party, PC, project, vacation, vienna, werkzeugH

Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar II

19Dec08

While the world keeps turning our team here at the Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar Headquarters are wrecking their minds to come up with motives and ideas for the upcoming pin up-goodness.

Filed under: Design, Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar, Gamer Girls, Private, game, iPhone, mobile   |  7 Comments
Tags: 2009, calendar, controls, gamer, girls, iPhone, istore, january, models, photographer, pin up, preparation, project, rolando, topple

Rolando for the iPhone

18Dec08

The fun begins December 18, 2008! – Rolando for the iPhone and “shocking” news about Coke.

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Tags: accelerometer, cephalopods, chtulhu, coca cola, coke, contraceptive, dynamic, intuitive, iPhone, lovecraft, lovecraftian, mythos, narration, rolando, system, touchscreen

Topple for the iPhone

16Dec08

Yesterday, my wonderful and lovely partner in crime allowed me to touch his iPhone. Even play with it. To be more precise – he let me play Topple for quite a while.

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Tags: apple, blocks, casual, cute, entertaining, iPhone, Mac, mobile, ngmoco, simple, star, tetris, topple, tower, tumbledrop

Apple iPod Touch Gaming Ad

15Dec08

I do enjoy it when some ads not only use the webspace for selling their product but go one step further…

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Tags: ad, advert, apple, console, ipod, ipod touch, Mac, mobile phone, wario land, wii