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Title	Source	Info
Bringing Your World To Life Add that little extra depth	Game Design and Theory Sam	03/24/2009 12:00 AM 4 post(s)
Game Design Process 101: Part IV (The GDD) This is a long one...chock full of love.	Game Design and Theory MayorAnime	03/11/2009 12:00 AM 5 post(s)
Game Design Process 101: Part III (The Rough Draft) Write it down, Mozart...	Game Design and Theory MayorAnime	02/20/2009 12:00 AM 1 post(s)
Risk and Reward Patting your player on the back	Game Design and Theory Sam	02/18/2009 12:00 AM 0 post(s)
Game Design Process 101: Part II (Creative Thinking) How to make a good idea into a better idea...	Game Design and Theory MayorAnime	02/11/2009 12:00 AM 0 post(s)
Game Design Process 101: Part 1 (Inspiration) It all starts with an idea...	Game Design and Theory MayorAnime	02/04/2009 12:00 AM 0 post(s)
Extra Content (Or How to Extend your Game without Extending the Story) A brief description of ways to enhance gameplay and lengthen playtime	Game Design and Theory SuicideAngel	08/30/2008 12:00 AM 0 post(s)
Completing a Project Guide Tips on keeping on the progress track.	Game Design and Theory NoblemanNick	07/30/2008 12:00 AM 5 post(s)
Hey Gamemakers, Stop Giving Up! A no holds barred article detailing common project stoppers and attacking them.	Game Design and Theory Feldschlacht IV	07/28/2008 12:00 AM 14 post(s)
History of RPG's Part I: Early RPG's The History of Role-Playing Games	Game Design and Theory Spazzgamer27	07/14/2008 12:00 AM 3 post(s)
Keeping it Small Statistics and numbers at the beginning of the game	Game Design and Theory Jabbo	07/13/2008 12:00 AM 4 post(s)
Constructing a Character The many steps to fully mapping out a fleshed out character.	Game Design and Theory NoblemanNick	07/05/2008 12:00 AM 2 post(s)
Dealing with Explorophobia Scaling in-game systems to the player's attention span	Game Design and Theory Jabbo	06/07/2008 12:00 AM 1 post(s)
A Game or a Movie? Story vs Gameplay in RPGs	Game Design and Theory Jabbo	05/17/2008 12:00 AM 6 post(s)
Understanding Fun Game Design ~ Case Study: MegaMan 5 Dissecting the mechanics and design of MegaMan 5 to learn good design by example	Game Design and Theory Blitzen	04/19/2008 12:00 AM 3 post(s)
Nick's Unclassified Guide to Making Fanfiction Games Part One To all the programmers who try and make the next Final Fantasy	Game Design and Theory NoblemanNick	04/16/2008 12:00 AM 6 post(s)
Lack of Participation: The Largest Problem Facing Our Community, and Why It's Your Fault This article discusses the lack of overall community participation here and in other homebrew communities. Additionally, it explains why it is the fault of the games themselves and not the fault of a thankless audience. Finally, it provides guidelines f	Game Design and Theory maladroithim	02/05/2008 12:00 AM 7 post(s)
FUNdamentals of RPGs Part VI Balancing	Game Design and Theory kentona	02/05/2008 12:00 AM 10 post(s)
FUNdamentals of RPGs Part V Rewards	Game Design and Theory kentona	01/30/2008 12:00 AM 0 post(s)
FUNdamentals of RPGs Part IV Quests and Objectives	Game Design and Theory kentona	01/30/2008 12:00 AM 0 post(s)

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