Every quest has its beginning, only I can’t remember where and when I started. I do know that this is a casual quest, but in the back of my mind every day. Game Design & Development. It sounds so ominous, and yet it’s so simple a child could do it – and they often do.
If you’ve ever watched a child play ground, whether by themselves or in groups, you’ll notice that they are the developers’ and designers’ of their own games. Sometimes the games are borrowed, but almost always they are modified and molded. Rules are added/removed, objects are added, renamed, hidden, or borrowed. When playing by themselves the rules are interwoven and complex. An outsider wanting to join in often doesn’t have access to all the rules and often doesn’t understand them. If others are welcome, some rules disapeer others are simplified.
This is my quest to create games. To explore that part of my imagination that peeks out from the status reports, resource conflicts, and planning sessions of my everyday life.
Follow me if you can, join me if you like, to arms!
