IGDA Game Design SIG

About the SIG

The IGDA Game Design Special Interest Group (GDSIG) connects game designers from all over the world with a common purpose: to improve our practice and understanding of game design.

The Game Design SIG was officially organized on 22 December, 2008, and is presently governed by an Interim Steering Commitee. Our first official elections will take place shortly after GDC ’09. In the meantime, the ISC is working to establish the policies and organizational structure of the SIG and laying the foundation for the group’s web presence.

The SIG mailing list is currently available here. To join the SIG, simply sign up for the mailing list.

Note: GDSIG is geared primarily toward working professionals and academics. Students are welcome to join the discussions; however, if you’re just looking to “break in”, you may be better served by the Student Action SIG or IGDA’s Breaking In site.

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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