Understanding Games

One of my hopes with this blog is to help journalists with an interest in newsgames better understand good game design. Thanks to German game collective Pixelate Environment, gaining some of the foundational concepts is going to be easy (and fun).

Understanding Games is a four-part series of flash creations that are part presentation and part game. The student is briefed on a game concept by an 8-bit mentor and allowed to play within that concept. Lessons cover concepts such as rules, interactivity, and simulation.