a narrative designer's toolkit
TRANSCRIPT
A Narrative Designers ToolkitResources for Narrative Game Designers
Ken Rolston
Montreal International Game Summit 2009 November 16 amp 17
krolstonbighugegamescom
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcom
[Pssthellip gimme a sign when we‟ve got 15 minutes left]
Who is this guy
Venerable Roleplaying Game Designer of
Ancient Era of DampD Paranoia RuneQuest ADampD WFRP Tales of the Arabian Nights
Modern Era of CRPG design lead Morrowind and Oblivion for Bethesda Softworks
Post-Modern Era Failed Retiree
Post-Virtual Era design lead on ldquoI‟ve Got a Secret and I Won‟t Tellrdquo for Big Huge Games
Harlan Ellison - List of Writers Resources
Rhyming DictionaryBernsteins Reverse
Dictionary
Mrs Byrnes Dictionary of
Unusual Obscure and Preposterous
Words
What are tools good for
bull Making Stuffhellipbull Priming the Pumphellipbull Primping Professional Pridehellipbull Tangible Currency of Qualityhellip
Note Most of my tools are for creating vast fantasy roleplaying narrativeshellip so if you hate them it
might be time for you to slip out the door
What do my tools look like
Virtual Artifacts
Physical Artifacts
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Who is this guy
Venerable Roleplaying Game Designer of
Ancient Era of DampD Paranoia RuneQuest ADampD WFRP Tales of the Arabian Nights
Modern Era of CRPG design lead Morrowind and Oblivion for Bethesda Softworks
Post-Modern Era Failed Retiree
Post-Virtual Era design lead on ldquoI‟ve Got a Secret and I Won‟t Tellrdquo for Big Huge Games
Harlan Ellison - List of Writers Resources
Rhyming DictionaryBernsteins Reverse
Dictionary
Mrs Byrnes Dictionary of
Unusual Obscure and Preposterous
Words
What are tools good for
bull Making Stuffhellipbull Priming the Pumphellipbull Primping Professional Pridehellipbull Tangible Currency of Qualityhellip
Note Most of my tools are for creating vast fantasy roleplaying narrativeshellip so if you hate them it
might be time for you to slip out the door
What do my tools look like
Virtual Artifacts
Physical Artifacts
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Harlan Ellison - List of Writers Resources
Rhyming DictionaryBernsteins Reverse
Dictionary
Mrs Byrnes Dictionary of
Unusual Obscure and Preposterous
Words
What are tools good for
bull Making Stuffhellipbull Priming the Pumphellipbull Primping Professional Pridehellipbull Tangible Currency of Qualityhellip
Note Most of my tools are for creating vast fantasy roleplaying narrativeshellip so if you hate them it
might be time for you to slip out the door
What do my tools look like
Virtual Artifacts
Physical Artifacts
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Mrs Byrnes Dictionary of
Unusual Obscure and Preposterous
Words
What are tools good for
bull Making Stuffhellipbull Priming the Pumphellipbull Primping Professional Pridehellipbull Tangible Currency of Qualityhellip
Note Most of my tools are for creating vast fantasy roleplaying narrativeshellip so if you hate them it
might be time for you to slip out the door
What do my tools look like
Virtual Artifacts
Physical Artifacts
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
What are tools good for
bull Making Stuffhellipbull Priming the Pumphellipbull Primping Professional Pridehellipbull Tangible Currency of Qualityhellip
Note Most of my tools are for creating vast fantasy roleplaying narrativeshellip so if you hate them it
might be time for you to slip out the door
What do my tools look like
Virtual Artifacts
Physical Artifacts
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
What do my tools look like
Virtual Artifacts
Physical Artifacts
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Physical artifactshellip
bull booksbull gamesbull magazines pamphlets and mapsbull cinema
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
hellip including pogey baithellip for low-blood-sugar emergencies
Trail mix Donuts
Marine slang for ratio sweets used for barter
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Virtual artifactshellip
archive image current folder
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Virtual artifactshellip
softwaremarketing materials
internet game proposals and pitches
graphics - fonts - images - artifact documents
game editors amp dev tools
riddles
bookmarks
text lists
archived websites
job descriptions manifestos
LARPs
FRP game pdfs
models of storytelling and poetry
game diaries gameplay video amp trailers
rss feeds
Game saves FAQs walkthrus
pitch documentsstudent portfolios
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Fonts
Dafont ndash browse themes like foreign ancient runes fantastichttpwwwdafontcom
The Scriptoriumhttpwwwfontcraftcomfontcraftp=528
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Artifact Presentation
Fonts
httpwwwshipbrookcomjefftypografhtml
Get fonts ldquoJSL Ancientrdquo and ldquoJSL Ancient Italicrdquo and JSL Font Converter a utility that processes text to add obsolete 17th C characters and ligatures
Facsimiles
ldquoThe Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empiresrdquo by
Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney [1789]
httpolllibertyfundorgindexphpoption=com_staticxtampstaticfile=showphp3Ftitle=1706ampItemid=27
Restoration Print Culture - sample facsimiles of period literature
httpcogwebuclaeduRestorationindexhtml
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
At these words my eyes filled with
tears and covering my head with
the fold of my mantle I sank into
gloomy meditations on all human
affairs
And sunk in profound melancholy
I remained motionless
- Constantin-Franccedilois Chasseboeuf marquis de Volney
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
The strongest swimmer is soonest drowned
The yenrongeyen ƒwimmer is ƒooneyen drowned
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Well wrought this wall
Weirds broke it
The stronghold burst
Snapped rooftrees towers fallen
the work of the Giants the stonesmiths mouldereth-The Ruin - 8th C Anglo Saxon poem
httpenwikipediaorgwikiThe_Ruin
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Juvenile Books
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Melancholy
Search for ldquohow would you surviverdquo on Amazonhellip
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Paper RPGs
Gods
Death
War
Magic
Exotic
Extinct
Heroic
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Glorantha
RuneQuest [Mongoose]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=27823ampit=1
HeroQuest [Issaries]httprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=12429ampit=1
King of Dragon Passhttpa-sharpcombuy [download one-year demo]
Glorantha [A Personal View What My Father Told Me]httpwwwbtinternetcom~Nick_BrookevoicesISS3001HQVoices-300pdf
[See also Nick Brooke Gloranthan LARP in the LARP section]
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
King ArthurPendragon
Out of print but pdf version availablehelliphttprpgdrivethrustuffcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=3163ampit=1
ldquoHow to playhelliprdquo summary and morehelliphttpwwwangelfirecomrpg2dnd3ependragonhtm
Pendragon family tree generatorhttpwwwmystyldynecomwiki2indexphptitle=Home
The Grey Knight ndash trait and moral-choice based campaign by Larry Ditillio executive story editor of Babylon 5
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Call of Cthulhu
Cthulhu LiveshellipFree brilliant artifact propshttpwwwcthulhulivesorgtoyboxPROPDOCSFreePropshtml
Masks of Nyarlathotephellipclassic campaign presentationhttpcatalogchaosiumcomproduct_infophpproducts_id=1291
Arkham toe tag
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Grey Ranks
Roleplay Resistance teens in Poland
FRPs do heroic escapism Rarely do they do tragedy
httpwwwbullypulpitgamescomgamesindexphpgame=grey_ranks
review by Greg Costikyanhttpplaythisthingcomgrey-ranks
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Live Action Roleplaying [LARPs]
httpwwwrpgnetlarpscenariohtmlgeneralDownload materials for A Family Matter - A Call of Cthulhu live roleplay scenario for 25 characters by Nick Huggins Design documentation and presentation materials
httpwwwetyriescommoonsonindexhtmCharacter sheets and background sheets for a major Gloranthan LARPhttpwwwetyriescommoonsonyolanelahtmA sample character for the Life of Moonson LARP with a public and a hidden identity with Objectives Who You Know Other Knowledge Secrets and Special Items
httpwwwinteractiveliteratureorgJSchedulephpaction=23Future scheduled LARPS with descriptions
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Names amp Languages
Onomastikon - archive this it comes and goeshttpwwwgaminggeeksorgResourcesKateMonk
Everchanging Book of Names (aka EBoN)httpebonpyorrenet
Omniglot writing systems and languages of the worldhttpwwwomniglotcomindexhtm
English - Tlingit DictionaryhttpwwwalaskoolorglanguagedictionariesakntlingitinformationIndex_TNDhtml
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Quotes
I could eat a babys arse through a sewer grateldquo [Morrowind]
Whole Grains A Book of Quotations - Art Spiegelman amp Bob Schneider
Bartletts Familiar Quotations
Henry Beard - Latin for All OccasionsIn the good old days children like you were left to perish on wind-swept crags Antiquis temporibus nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimus exponebantur ad necem
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Quotes from Whole Grains
A thorough survey may prove it impossible to buy a plain white or decently tasteful shirt in all of Las Vegas
- Jann Wenner
The world looks as if it has been left in the custody of a pack of trolls
- Father Robert F Capon
The magnificence of the mountains the serenity of naturehellip nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man‟s passing
- Loudon Wainwright
I don‟t think that women are capable of achieving enlightenment They‟re really nice to have around otherwise
Arthur Kleps Grand Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church
Don‟t never trust no skirt- Wallace Beery
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Lists
The simplest tool of all
bull Annotated lists of books games software tools amp films I‟ve consumed or want to consumebull Maintained in simple text files stored on Dropbox and always accessiblebull Evernote text lists and image listshellip AND accessible and manageable on iPhone
The 400 Project ndash rules of good game designhttpwwwtheinspiracycomCurrent20Rules20Master20Listhtm
What Makes A Good Game -- Nineteen Good Game Featureshttpwebarchiveorgweb19981206034205httpheadlinegamespotcomnews98_0804_wizardsindexhtml
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
1 Graphics
2 Freeform
3 Personalized Hero
4 Epic Setting
5 Editor
6 Quests
7 Factions
8 Action Immersion
9 Epic Story
10 Dialog amp Info Management
Lists - Design Goals for Morrowind
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
1 Lots of positive reinforcement to keep gamers playing
2 A framework for social interaction
3 A level of engagement beyond the norm
4 Authentic decisions with reasonable data and consequences
5 Clear sense of role and goal within the game context
6 Vicarious thrills with suspended disbelief
7 A replayable potential (the What if factor)
8 A simple interface (non-intrusive on the PCless clutter in physical games)
9 Enough options that the player always has a move to make
10 A reasonable learning curve
11 [cont]
What Makes A Good GameA GameSpot News report of a pre-GenCon Game Designers Conference ndashDiscussion including Richard Garfield Jeff Grubb Lester Smith Michael Stackpole Mike Fitzgerald
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
11 An environmentsystem worth an emotional investment
12 Clean and clear rules
13 An enjoyment quotient that is equal to the time investment
14 Potential use of unlimited power (lots of skill or lots of dice)
15 Pacing that gives one a sense of improvement paced with challengeplace to savor accomplishment
16 Tactilicity (stuff to grab and control - pieces in board gamesminiatures for example)
17 Heuristics - a sense of how one is doing and how to become better
18 A quality of engendering stories about the game or bragging rights
19 A sense of accomplishment and competence
What Makes A Good Game [cont]
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Document Models
Tanya Short ndash Oblivion ndash Guild Hall student project - Noble Intentions Level Design Dochellip great model of studentdesign candidate portfolio sitehellip but attachments gone now
httpguildhallsmueduIndividual-Student-Portfolio-T1440htmlamptx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[user]=561
Jeremy Sera ndash Oblivion ndash Town of Bartholm mod with design dochttpjserafortinbrasnethttpjserafortinbrasnetbartholm_designhtml
Chris Taylor [game design doc template]httpwwwrunawaystudioscomarticleschris_taylor_gddasp
By the way Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year (eGuide) reflects extensive access to internal game docshttpwwwprimagamescomguidesdisplayphpisbn=9780307466662
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Game Dev Tools
Morrowind amp Oblivion The Elder Scrolls Construction Set WikihttpcsbethsoftcomconstwikiindexphpMain_Page
Fallout 3 GECK Garden of Eden Creation KittradehttpgeckbethsoftcomindexphpMain_Page
Access to structures and content of development ndash see how it‟s done
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Game GuidesFAQsWalkthroughs
Betrayal at Krondor Help Webhttpwww3hiis~eybjornkrondorkrondorhtml
Unofficial Elder Scrolls PageshttpwwwuespnetwikiMain_Page
Game Guide for Might and Magic IV Mandate of Heaven at The Spoiler- inspiration for Morrowind region guides- a landscape region grid click a region go to a region detail map
with numbered sites and a detailed map key with site descriptionshttpwwwthe-spoilercomRPGNewWorldComputingmightandmagic63mm6htmns
Ebook pdf and hardcopy game guides can be excellent overviews for game developers well-organized to reveal structure and lavishly illustrated
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Narrative Designer Tools to Master
bull CorelDraw [or other text-handy vector graphics editor]bull Powerpointbull Excelbull Photoshop [grrhellip]bull Word [when it has to be shared and pretty]bull Screenplay format [software or Word template]bull Text Editor [for really fast writing]bull WikiOneNotebull Evernote [for note-taking with images]
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Cinematic Archives
Film and TV Screenplays ndash models of form structure and dialoghttpwwwsimplyscriptscom
Subtitles ndash when you can‟t find a screenplay or want the exact film dialoghttplxdivxstationcomsubtitlesasp
Screen Captureshttpscreencapheavencomtestcoppermineindexphpcat=4
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Games Archives
bull save gamesbull personal gameplay clips
FRAPS - httpwwwfrapscomAutoGK - httpwwwautogkmeuk
bull trailersbull hint books FAQs and websitesbull reviewsbull sell sheets box backs feature lists websitesbull walkthroughs from youtube [tools to save and archive them]
httpwwwyoutubedownloaderhdcombull personal game diaries - Withershyn in Morrowind ndash delicious travel diary charming voice ironic tone and well-illustrated [site defunct from Wayback]
httpwebarchiveorgweb20051112010106httpmwdownbeachnetbull Gametap [runs old games like Betrayal at Krondor]
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Product Promotion Models
bull Marketing is designer dutybull how do models identify their features and target audiencesbull how do you graphically and textually communicate at the sloganposterpropaganda level
bull sell-sheetsbull web marketingbull advertisementsbull trailersbull posters
bull Archive models of
World of the Witcher video ndash introduction to setting [ignore voiceover]httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=i5K0L73ERMw
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
RSS Readers amp RSS feeds
Gamasutra articleshttpfeedsfeedburnercomGamasutraFeatureArticlesExample Designing Dialog Systems handy survey of game dialog systemshttpwwwgamasutracomviewfeature3719defining_dialogue_systemsphppage=1
Tom Chick ndash smart and funnyhttpfidgitcomrssxml
Shacknews ndash fewer posts better scanninghttpfeedshacknewscomshackfeedxml
Kotaku ndash when you‟ve got days to killhttpfeedsgawkercomkotakufull
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 1
GDC Powerpoints
Gordon Walton - 10 Things Great Designers Exhibithttpwwwgdcvaultcomfreecategory - search for gordon waltonbdquo
Do Dont Show - Patrick Reddinghttpholesinteethtypepadcomblogginess200803gdc-2008-slideshtml
Richard Rouse Marty Stoltz ndash Cinematic Game Designhttpwwwparanoidproductionscomwritingshtml
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Papers Presentations and Manifestos Slide 2
I Have No Words amp I Must Design - Greg Costikyanhttpwwwcostikcomnowordshtml
SMU Guildhall - student portfolioshttpguildhallsmueduStudent-Portfolios370html
Game Design Course ndash models and syllabihttpwwwalanemrichcom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Project Pitch Models
bull Private and proprietary but I archive them whenever I
find them
Meataxe
By the seventh day Eric Holden can scarcely imagine a single problem that can‟t be settled by the judicious application of a meataxe
BeerOverIP ndash delivery of beer via internet protocol httpwwwcostikcomweblog
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
A trackless wilderness of beauty and menace
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Winter is coming and in the darkness terror breeds
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
A handful of settlers on the edge of the world
can you save them
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Handsome Bi-Polar Axe-
Wielding Mature Charismatic
Outlaw Chieftain
Leif Erikson played by Liam
Neeson or Kurt Russell
Viking Romance
Dark Moody Sultry
Fearless Deadly
Archer and
Chieftainrsquos Daughter
bullTough
bull Unproductive
bull Internally Divided
bull Gloomy
bull Drunken
bull Violent
bull Self-Destructive
Rowdy Vikings Faction Viking Leader
Homicidal Xena played
by Keira Knightly or Kate
Beckinsale
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Archiving Tools
Xmarks - bookmark sync among your browsers everywherehttpwwwxmarkscom
Add Bookmark Here sup2 - manage and organize bookmarkshttpsaddonsmozillaorgen-USfirefoxaddon3880
Web site archiving ndash save that web page before it dieshttpwwwhttrackcom
Wayback Machine ndash archives the Web Reallyhttpwwwarchiveorgwebwebphp
Search Everything ndash searches your hard drive for file names instantlyhttpwwwvoidtoolscom
Google Desktop ndash search inside all files on all your web-connected computers for a stringhttpdesktopgooglecom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry
George Ade Fables in Slang -httpwwwarchiveorgdetailsfablesinslang00adeg
Mrs Mortimer [venomous racist foreigner-slurring Victorian writer of travel books model for Oblivion‟s town guides]httpwwwnprorgtemplatesstorystoryphpstoryId=4698196
Project Gutenberg- httpwwwgutenbergorgwikiMain_Page- Anglo-Saxon Chronicles- Confessions of an Opium Eater
Latin Mottoes - 16th-centuryhttpwwwshipbrookcomjeffmottoeshtml
Bene agendo nunquam defessusNever weary of doing good
THE FABLE OF HOW
THE FOOL-KILLER
BACKED OUT OF A
CONTRACT
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Models of Storytelling and Poetry[continued]
Twists Slugs and Roscoes A Glossary of Hardboiled Slanghttpwwwmiskatonicorgslanghtml
Thieves Canthttpwebspacewebringcompeoplebmmbertollchartslexicontxt
riddleshttpwww2kenyoneduAngloSaxonRiddlestextshtmhttpstrolencomnetbooksriddles2txt
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Online Image Archives
archivesorg ndash eg Ephemeral Films gaming speed runs vintage commercials vintage instructional filmshttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsephemerahttpwwwarchiveorgdetailsExperime1940 - Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) - records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs) in the USSR
NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Galleryhttpdigitalgallerynyplorgnypldigitalexploredgexplorecfmtopic=all
Fantasy portraitshttpwwwsorcerersnetGamesBG2index_portraitsphp
Medieval Woodcutshttpwwwgodecookerycomclipartclarthtm
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Reference Image Archives
Collected variously often via Google web or image search MANY of my bookmarks represent themed sites with rich organized image collections
Ken‟s Rule Take a real world image multiply by 15 and the result is believablehellip grand but not grandiose
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwfotopediacom - A Wikipedia-like project for photos Try a search for bdquoCappadocia‟ or bdquobadlands‟
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Reference Image Archiveshttpwwwlastrefugecoukphotolibrarysp_tepuis_allhtmspectacular Venezuelan landscapes
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Reference Image Archives
httpwwwspeleogenesisinfoarchivepublicationphpPubID=3291ampType=publicationampkeyword=tiankengbdquoTiankeng‟ ndash spectacular limestone karst cavern collapse formations
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Tiankengs China
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Wind Cave South Dakota
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
Book from the Skyhttpwwwxubingcomindexphpsiteprojectsyear1987book_from_the_sky
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Favorites ndash Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy ndash ldquoSquare WordrdquohttpwwwceaskueduuploadsAcacia20Moore-20Xu20Bingppt
ldquoGold Green Huerdquo
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Favorites ndashFolger Library
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsMapping-Early-Modern-Worlds
httpwwwfolgereduContentWhats-OnFolger-ExhibitionsPast-
ExhibitionsYesterdays-Newscfm
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Personal Favorites ndashRongorongo
The Twelve Pages of the Jaussen List
httpwwwnetaxscom~tranceframehtml
The Easter Island Tabletshttpwwwnetaxscom~tra
ncerongo2html
Page 1 of the Jaussen List
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Dog‟s Breakfast
Third Person Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives - vast narratives in video games television literature comic books tabletop games and digital art Buffy and Dr Who authoring essays and academic essayshttpmitpressmiteducatalogitemdefaultaspttype=2amptid=11757
Job descriptions grabbed from game company sites
Fantasy Cartographyhttpwwwprofantasycom
Dave Perry video game forumhttpwwwdpfilescomdpfileswikiindexphptitle=GAME_MAKING_TOOLS
Foreign Affairs magazine ndash reading lists ndash syllabushttpwwwforeignaffairscomfeaturesreading-lists
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
At the end of the dayhellip
You needhellip bull Energyhellipbull Timehellipbull Passionhellipbull Humilityhellip
hellip to use the tools
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
At the end of the dayhellip
hellip listen to voiceshellip
hellip and raid the wisdoms
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
The Ultimate Tool - Brute Force
If brute force isn‟t working for you you‟re not using enough brute force
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom
Any questions
httplovebutterlinksblogspotcomkrolstonbighugegamescom