Tag Archives: games

July 2, 2011
10:32 am
by: DarrylKC

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 →

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June 2, 2011
10:40 am
by: DarrylKC

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 →

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