The Process of writing an academic paper turns out to be a bit different than posting here or even completing a textbook. In the end, it was a rewarding effort and resulted in driving my research forward in useful ways. I was invited to contribute to a special issue of…

The Emergent Narrative Patterns Exercise — The process of deriving a game design pattern can be challenging. I discuss the process in detail in the book, but it can be helpful to see some examples of the results of an Exercise and the actual process used. …

Getting started with using Patterns, and why you should — Most game developers will agree that we need a shared language to talk to each other about games. …

How to use the Pattern Library website, Part 9 — First off, this is not a legal document. I may need to prepare a formal EULA for the site at some point, but this is not it. This is a set of expectations and guidelines. …

How to use the Pattern Library website, Part 8 — I have so many things that I want to do to make the Pattern Library website more useful, and so many things I want to do to advance the use of patterns in the gaming industry and beyond. Let me address the website first as that is a nice…

How to use the Pattern Library website, Part 10 — The Pattern Library website is intended to be a robust resource for the readers of the book Pattern Language for Game Design and for game developers and game development students in general. Everyone is welcome to use the site to record and share their patterns. The site is developed solely…