Tijdens het Let's Gro festival 4-6 november 2022 zullen we een mooie combinatie van serieus en spelen aanbieden: vrijdag 4 november duiken we in de wereld van spel en spelen voor meer dan alleen vertier. Het is te kort om helemaal de diepte in te gaan, maar tijdens deze teaser workshop van 18.00 tot 19.30 … Continue reading 4 November – Workshop Serious Games

Afgelopen zaterdag konden we de eerste spellen GRUNN aan het publiek tonen op Noorderspel. Meerdere groepen hebben een eigen provincie gebouwd en de landschappen ontgonnen. Er was veel aanloop de hele dag, mede door de mooie illustraties van Emma Wilson. Qua thema was het natuurlijk ook een thuiswedstrijd. Binnenkort zullen de spellen naar de betrokken … Continue reading GRUNN – Eerste keren gespeeld bij Noorderspel

The academic year is nearing it's end and as many educators can probably tell you, running classes / workshops is not yet the same as it was pre-COVID. The activity that did have a lot of students participate are our playtesting events, Test & Chill. T&C advertisement, made by Edwin Yanarico When we started in … Continue reading Playtesting -Informal Learning- at CMGT Hanze

Over the last year there are multiple projects we have been working on a big game production with multiple stakeholders in co-design: GRUNN - Pioneers in the Province. The project has a lot of unique aspects to it, making it very exciting (and a bit scary at start) to work on. So now we are … Continue reading GRUNN – A Game About Landscapes

My colleague and friend Kjell at Ornate Engineering launched his crowdfunding campaign. If you are into tabletop rpg games and are looking for the ultimate gift to enhance your hobby, this is certainly one to check out! Link to the campaign: Dwarf-Made all-in-one modular tabletop gear Ornate Engineering sponsored the Dutch Tabletop Game Designer awards … Continue reading Tabletop Roleplaying Fan?

For students of our major Game Design at CMD, Hanze Applied University, I held a extra-curricular workshop on feedback loops. We even had a guest from a local other education (MBO) who was interested. Split into 2 groups we discussed what positive and negative feedback loops are and how the can be used to steer … Continue reading Workshop Feedback Loops in MOBA’s

An impromptu playtesting afternoon, with help of Glitch, Evgen. Even though we decided  to rally students at the last moment, still around 50 students showed up to playtest their game. Well done all!

At our study CMD at the Hanze Applied University we held another playtesting event. With around 50 participants multiple student projects were experienced by guests, lecturers and fellow students. In addition, several companies came over for user testing and showcasing, including the academic hospital UCMG with their LEAN game, the big governmental organisation DUO with … Continue reading Looking Back: Test & Chill – December 2019

Once again a few students took up the challenge to develop a game with a preset theme within 24 ours. Design muscles were flexed, custom art was made, the 3D printer set in motion and the lazer cutter burned wood. In the end, with various amount of night time playtesting, 3 games reached the finish … Continue reading Day Jam November Impressions

Just before the student Autumn break we had another edition of the playtesting event 'Test & Chill', co-organised with the student association Glitch. With around 80 participants -from all study years- we had a great turn up! It meant year 1 card game concepts were played, as were digital games. Check out the pictures below … Continue reading Looking back: Test & Chill October 2019