In March we had another playtesting event at CMD, Hanze Applied University. It is early in the current block, yet still some project groups showed up with a concept or even more fleshed out prototype to test out. We also had some external guests -8D Games, Starkx- and a company showcasing their mobile game soon … Continue reading Impressions Test & Chill Playtesting

End of Februari the international Global Game Jam was once again organised: teams make a game in 1 weekend, inspired by a theme. This time the theme was 'repair'. In Groningen this was the 5th time the event was organised. 180 participants showed up and made games. I had the honour to be one of … Continue reading GGJ 2020 Impressions

In our goal to stimulate the local tabletop design scene there is a new initiative under the rallying banner that is the 'Spellenmaakgilde' (Dutch Game Design Guild). Dennis Merkx, a few designer initiated this and together with Jeroen Geenen and Ellis Hendriksen we kicked off the first annual Dutch Tabletop Game Designer Award. The goal … Continue reading A new initiative: Dutch Tabletop Game Designer Award

Spring 2019 I was contacted by the municipality of Groningen. Their Kids Council is involved with serious topics and currently they had discussed poverty for kids and their families. They wanted to make a game out of it. Could I help? Together with a co-designer I asked to join, Robert Brouwer, we set out with … Continue reading Monster Problems: Co-creating a ‘serious’ game

To contribute more to the community I started a series of interviews at the Spellenmaakgilde (Dutch Game Design Guild) with people involved in the tabletop industry. Focussing on Europe and more specific the Netherlands. A lot is happening and I think it is nice to get some insights. Plus each guest has their own unique perspective to … Continue reading Interviews Tabletop Industry Europe

During the May holiday break a few students took on the challenge to create a game in 24 hours (!). My colleague Sean kicked of the event at our 'makerspace' with 3 random generated themes to be used for inspiration (1 at least): regression, x-ray and affection. Three student worked solo on a game and … Continue reading May Day Jam 2019 – Impressions

Premise of Heroes is the title of a creative storytelling game I am developing. A few years ago I started fooling around with an idea: a roleplaying card game (rpg) in which players create interesting characters and have an adventure. In rpg’s I always liked coming up with characters and the defining part that makes them … Continue reading ‘Premise of Heroes’ – Developing Blog

A year ago my game concept Capo Della Mafia was published by 999 Games in the Netherlands. It is my first published design and in this post I reflect on the design process and the game itself. If you can read Dutch, in this article the publisher wrote about their in house process of development … Continue reading Designer diary: Making Capo della Mafia

Together with Study Association Glitch we had another Day Jam at our CMD study with Game Design students. Make a game in 24 hours! This time it was making an analogue game with very specific theme challenges. All teams managed to present a playable prototype after a day, some with created unique art. It is … Continue reading Blog – Impressions Day Jam November 2018