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Economic Gameplay in Virtual Worlds
Koster’s post on this topic explains the importance of balanced economics in commercial virtual worlds: Does a virtual economy affect player retention? From time to time I think about this in terms of the design of educational virtual worlds. Economics … Continue reading
Posted in development, Education
Tagged Education, game based learning, games, virtual worlds
Play games to learn to program
This is an interesting read on getting into programming through games, by creating macros, scripts, and logical blocks: http://www.hideandseek.net/2011/05/25/programming-games/. Of course much game playing is about planning, puzzle solving and thinking strategically, which is also very beneficial to being an … Continue reading
Posted in development, Education
Tagged games, Programming