IGDA Game Design SIG

The Escapist : The Incredible Disappearing Teacher

Posted by: Rayna on: July 14, 2009

Rob Zacny has written an article for The Escapist on the evolution of tutorials. From very early control tutorials to games that are one long hint, designers have come a long way in making the teacher invisible, while making the learning process part of the fun.

SIG Constitution

The Constitution of the IGDA Game Design SIG was ratified in November 2009, and can be viewed here (PDF).

Steering Committee

Josh Sutphin
Lead Game Designer
LightBox Interactive
blog | email


Coray Seifert
Game Designer
Kaos Studios | THQ Inc.
email


Altug Isigan
Senior Instructor
Creative Writing & Game Design
EMU Faculty of Media Studies
blog | email

Initiatives

Here are the initiatives which are active or in development:


Whitepapers
Michael Lubker
Josh Sutphin


SIG Blog
Josh Sutphin
Rayna Anderson


Mailing List
Sande Chen
Ryon Levitt


Forum
Coray Seifert


Game Design Wiki
Lindsey Talbot
Altug Isigan
Markster


Newsletter
Michael Lubker


Digital/Non-Digital Exchange
Michael Lubker


Design of the Month
Rayna Anderson
Michael Lubker
Josh Sutphin


Design Round Table
Corvus Elrod


Design Patterns
Martin Herink
Doug Hill
Josh Sutphin
Francois


Design Vocabulary
Chris Keeling
Josh Sutphin


GDD Standards
Martin Herink
Doug Hill
Chris Keeling


Accessible Game Design
Reid Kimball
Michael Lubker
Deborah Teramis Christian


Childrens' Games
Martin Herink
Michael Lubker


Open Source RPG Design
Chris Keeling
Michael Lubker


Ludtopia
Altug Isigan

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