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"01a0bb73-0002-72e2-9fac-11829a14b1b6", "title": "Game design in 2020", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2009/03/09/game-design-in-2020/", "published_at": "2009-03-09T20:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-0002-72e2-9fac-11829ae22dba", "title": "What is your game design style?", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2009/03/02/what-is-your-game-design-style/", "published_at": "2009-03-02T05:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-4abd-70c8-9287-01ddf9d8f579", "title": "Review of “The Art of Game Design” by Jesse Schell", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2009/02/19/review-of-the-art-of-game-design-by-jesse-schell/", "published_at": "2009-02-19T21:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-4abd-70c8-9287-01ddfa605802", "title": "Project Horseshoe: Multiplayer Game Atoms", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2009/02/12/project-horseshoe-multiplayer-game-atoms/", "published_at": "2009-02-12T22:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-4abd-70c8-9287-01ddfb563c69", "title": "Fishing Girl Prototype results", "url": 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"01a0bb76-4abd-70c8-9287-01ddfe430997", "title": "Lostgarden Podcasts", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2008/10/31/lostgarden-podcasts/", "published_at": "2008-10-31T06:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-4abd-70c8-9287-01ddfec67b81", "title": "The Princess Rescuing Application: Slides", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2008/10/27/the-princess-rescuing-application-slides/", "published_at": "2008-10-27T05:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-4abd-70c8-9287-01ddfeff38c1", "title": "Theme and game design", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2008/10/04/theme-and-game-design/", "published_at": "2008-10-04T18:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb79-8dc6-7300-be37-8dfad63e9327", "title": "Rules of Productivity Presentation", "url": "https://lostgarden.com/2008/09/28/rules-of-productivity-presentation/", "published_at": "2008-09-28T18:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb79-8dc6-7300-be37-8dfad6522090", "title": "Shade: Prototyping Challenge results", "url": 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Creative Cohorts original ↗

24 May 2025

What is a Social Systems Designer?original ↗

22 Mar 2025

2024

Kind Games: The GDC Talk original ↗

28 Jun 2024

2023

What is a Daniel Cook Game?original ↗

8 Jul 2023

Kind Games: Designing for Prosocial Multiplayer original ↗

8 Jul 2023

Appliance Gaming 2020 original ↗

18 May 2023

A design practice for social systems original ↗

7 Apr 2023

The Letter Circle original ↗

26 Feb 2023

Closed social affordances / Open social affordances in social systems design original ↗

1 Jan 2023

2022

Kindness original ↗

12 Nov 2022

The Workshopping Skill original ↗

12 Nov 2022

The trap of adding combat to your game original ↗

12 Nov 2022

Don’t Solve the Hard Problem original ↗

12 Nov 2022

Why are game designers wrong 80% of the time?original ↗

12 Nov 2022

2021

Value chains – A method for creating and balancing faucet-and-drain game economies original ↗

12 Dec 2021

The Chemistry of Game Design original ↗

13 Mar 2021

Designing game content architectures original ↗

4 Jan 2021

2020

Prosocial economics for game design original ↗

11 Jan 2020

2018

Social Design Practices for Human-Scale Online Games original ↗

29 Dec 2018

Cozy Games original ↗

24 Jan 2018

2017

Game design patterns for building friendships original ↗

27 Jan 2017

2016

Autumn of Indie Game Markets original ↗

17 Nov 2016

2015

Minimum Sustainable Success original ↗

13 Apr 2015

2014

Top 5 design debates I ignored in 2014 original ↗

23 Dec 2014

Loot Drop Tables original ↗

8 Dec 2014

How game forms are shaped by their environment original ↗

26 May 2014

2013

Multiplayer Logistics original ↗

31 Dec 2013

Prototyping Challenge: 3D Modeling Tool for 2.5D RPG Art original ↗

24 Oct 2013

A single game as a lifelong hobby original ↗

21 Jul 2013

Coercive Pay-2-Play Techniques original ↗

18 Jul 2013

2012

Understanding randomness in terms of mastery original ↗

31 Dec 2012

Building Tight Game Systems of Cause and Effect original ↗

1 Jul 2012

Goodbye Realm of the Mad God original ↗

19 Jun 2012

Looking to hire unicorn programmer for Spry Fox original ↗

17 May 2012

Prototyping challenge: Make a web-based 3D modeling toy original ↗

7 May 2012

Loops and Arcs original ↗

30 Apr 2012

Giving a talk at plague stricken GDC 2012 on sexy-sexy innovation original ↗

2 Mar 2012

Standing up for ourselves original ↗

29 Jan 2012

The Real Triple Town available on iOS and Android original ↗

19 Jan 2012

2011

Plagiarism as a moral choice original ↗

17 Nov 2011

Panda Poet: My most social design original ↗

31 Oct 2011

Steambirds: Survival Mobile original ↗

13 Oct 2011

Triple Town Beta (Now with Bears)original ↗

3 Oct 2011

Shadow Emotions and Primary Emotions original ↗

17 Jul 2011

Realm of the Mad God Released!original ↗

20 Jun 2011

A blunt critique of game criticism original ↗

8 May 2011

Game Design Logs original ↗

3 May 2011

What the heck happened to Clippy? Ribbon Hero 2 released original ↗

26 Apr 2011

GDC 2011: The Game of Platform Power original ↗

18 Mar 2011

List of Game Artists original ↗

10 Mar 2011

The Declaration of Game Designer Independence original ↗

5 Feb 2011

Happy 2011: Celebrating frontiers in Game Design original ↗

1 Jan 2011

2010

Story as evolutionary success or failure lessons original ↗

12 Dec 2010

Steambirds: Survival: Goodbye Handcrafted Levels original ↗

3 Dec 2010

Steambirds: Now out for iPhone, iPad and Android original ↗

11 Nov 2010

The Cutest Kindle Game Ever: Panda Poet original ↗

9 Nov 2010

Triple Town released for the Amazon Kindle original ↗

15 Oct 2010

Announcing Spry Fox (my happy new company)original ↗

15 Sept 2010

Visualizing the Creative Process original ↗

17 Aug 2010

Wordcamp 2010: Why we turned Microsoft Office into a Game original ↗

16 May 2010

Goodbye lostgarden.com. (Hello www.lostgarden.com)original ↗

25 Apr 2010

GDC 2010 Slides: Convergence of Flash Portals and Social Gaming original ↗

11 Mar 2010

At GDC 2010 original ↗

5 Mar 2010

Steambirds: Why indie games are good for fans original ↗

5 Feb 2010

Ribbon Hero turns learning Office into a game original ↗

19 Jan 2010

2009

Happy Holidays 2009!original ↗

26 Dec 2009

Game design as government original ↗

18 Dec 2009

Three False Constraints original ↗

30 Nov 2009

Testosterone and Competitive Play original ↗

4 Nov 2009

Flash Love Letter: The Music Video?original ↗

2 Oct 2009

Speaking at GDC Austin original ↗

16 Sept 2009

Flash Love Letter (2009) Part 2 original ↗

15 Aug 2009

Bunni Beta and Casual Connect original ↗

21 Jul 2009

Flash Love Letter (2009) Part 1 original ↗

5 Jul 2009

My top secret reading list original ↗

8 Jun 2009

Engineering Emotions: More predictions come to pass original ↗

2 Jun 2009

Bunni Sneak Peek original ↗

26 Apr 2009

Danc’s Miraculously Flexible Game Prototyping Graphics for Small Worlds original ↗

15 Mar 2009

Game design in 2020 original ↗

9 Mar 2009

What is your game design style?original ↗

2 Mar 2009

Review of “The Art of Game Design” by Jesse Schell original ↗

19 Feb 2009

Project Horseshoe: Multiplayer Game Atoms original ↗

12 Feb 2009

2008

Fishing Girl Prototype results original ↗

21 Dec 2008

Post-it note design docs original ↗

6 Dec 2008

Tidbits from the garden original ↗

21 Nov 2008

Project Horseshoe 2008: There and back again original ↗

11 Nov 2008

Fishing Girl: Game Prototyping Challenge original ↗

2 Nov 2008

Lostgarden Podcasts original ↗

31 Oct 2008

The Princess Rescuing Application: Slides original ↗

27 Oct 2008

Theme and game design original ↗

4 Oct 2008

Rules of Productivity Presentation original ↗

28 Sept 2008

Shade: Prototyping Challenge results original ↗

21 Aug 2008

Soul Bubbles: A classic game ill treated by expert reviewers original ↗

8 Jul 2008

Shade: A game prototyping challenge original ↗

28 Jun 2008

What actitivies can be turned into games?original ↗

14 Jun 2008

Lostgarden looking for brilliant programmer in Seattle original ↗

28 May 2008

Improving Bug Triage with User Pain original ↗

20 May 2008

The Scary List original ↗

11 May 2008

The joy of 2D avatars original ↗

13 Apr 2008

A Services Strategy for Casual Games original ↗

9 Apr 2008