Do you know what a “game” is? Have you ever wanted to make one yourself? Do you want to know more? In this two-hour session, professional game designer Randy O’Connor (Stranger Things VR) will lead at...

Do you know what a “game” is? Have you ever wanted to make one yourself? Do you want to know more? In this two-hour session, professional game designer Randy O’Connor (Stranger Things VR) will lead at...

A race to uncover your constellation in a shifting night sky. Place tiles, shift stars, and discover your hidden pattern.

A quick and casual game of dice golfing

I like the numbers zero through nine. As a game and systems designer, their differences are meaningful in relation to each other, and orthogonally. When you divide or multiply or add one against anoth...

I’ve been making edu-games since 2006; they have been about half of the games I’ve worked on. From a small Flash game company in college to big corporate offices, I’ve worked on topics from programmin...

Digital games were tightly coupled to the advancement of computers. Computers rapidly reshaped the aesthetics of digital games. Digital games became separated conceptually from traditional, physical g...

San Diego Bishop Michael Pham, the first U.S. bishop picked by Pope Leo, is part of a new wave of clerical leaders speaking out about migrants’ rights.

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In this episode of Experience Points, Dave Eng welcomes game designer, artist, and educator Randy O’Connor to explore the crucial role of constraints in game design and learning. From limited resource...

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Looking at how video game review outlets score games, how long they've been around, and where they're from.

We are excited to present the nominees for our 2024 board game awards. Congrats to all the games nominated!

Thoughts on every and anything. I’m a game designer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Often a peek into my latest doings, always a Spotify playlist. Sometimes game design, or city planning, or the outdoo...

20th March, 2025 02:30pm - 03:00pm - Grids are supposed to make life easier for player and developer alike by quantizing space, but they ...

We chat with game designer Randy O'Connor from Randy O Games, creator of Roll in One and Gun It. We explore the art of playtesting—especially defining "the turn", the moment when you’ve locked in the core of your game.