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One of my former design colleagues, Vanessa Wolfe-Coote, now a partner at KPGM, asked our BCGDV Sydney design team what gets them out of bed in the morning. They said, “Creating the future.” That reply really stuck with me.

Kevin G. Bethune • Reimagining Design: Unlocking Strategic Innovation (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)

Now I really am someone who gets involved, when I wasn’t that person before.”

Jane McGonigal • Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today

Yeah, we don’t believe in a 30-person crew. We don’t believe you should emulate the look of a major Hollywood film. I like the indie game philosophy, where two guys make a whole game with pixel art and pick an aesthetic and a style that matches the scope of their budget and team. We believe in small and slow. Four people over 12 weeks can make a mo... See more

Doug Dillaman • Of Mascots and Men: Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickston Cole Tews on Hundreds of Beavers | Filmmaker Magazine

The more compelling a game is, the greater the “endogenous value” that is created within the game.

Schell • The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses

So all you need to do is understand the mechanics of the software, and the rest is pretty much collage. You don't have to actually build anything. All you have to do is paint the landscape in your own colors. It's perfectly possible to make a very professional game with an army of one. I simply call on a friend and collaborator who knows how to mod... See more

Anthony Van Den Bossche • «Writing as pollinating», a conversation with Alice Bucknell

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The Wall Street trader ran this stack on me perfectly: I was intrigued, I was trying to impress him so I could have a chance to buy the deal, he boxed me into a very tight time frame and yet I felt no pressure, and I was trying hard to prove that I had a good moral values. I was a puppet.

Oren Klaff • Pitch Anything

Gamers don’t just play a good game. They make a good game.

Jane McGonigal • Reality Is Broken

Maybe so, but this was revisionist and self-aggrandizing. The mazes were for Sadie. To design a game is to imagine the person who will eventually play it.