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?
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
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
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
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!
Arjan van Houwelingen 