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Match Game Mechanics: An exhaustive survey
At Gamelogic we are obsessed with game rules. Several weeks ago Herman and I began building a match game tool. We played and analyzed many match games to deconstruct their mechanics. In this Gamasutra article we share our findings as part of…
Two South Africans in Santiago; our Global Game Jam experience
Last year we attended the Global Game Jam in our home city of Johannesburg. This year we were on the other side of the world. In Santiago, Chile. The event was organised by Gamedev: Comunidad UC, a game development community,…
Unexpected twists and turns: 1 year young
It’s been just over a year since I made the trip from the Mother City (Cape Town) up to the concrete jungle of Johannesburg. This meant trading the relaxed atmosphere of wine farms and the “mountain” with the fast paced,…
Global Game Jam 2014
Over the weekend we participated in the Global Game Jam 2014. 480 locations, 70 countries and over 4000 games made! It was our first game jam as Gamelogic and what better way to kick off than with GGJ14. Here’s a…
How we made 30 games in 30 days
Why 30 games in 30 days One afternoon Herman and I were talking about rapid prototyping, a hot topic in our local game development community, Make Games SA We agreed this would be the best way to choose our next…