Archive - GameTek

Prepping for the Public Domain

Jan 17 •

Geoff Engelstein

2025, Triangles, and You

Happy New Year!

Jan 5 •

Geoff Engelstein

December 2024

What constitutes plagiarism in game design?

Dec 12, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

October 2024

Kurt Vonnegut's GHQ

Oct 20, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

September 2024

Shadow, Pendulum, Moon

Meaning, Conspiracies, and Truth

Sep 14, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

July 2024

The Goldilocks Zone

Building in a sweet spot

Jul 24, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

June 2024

In college I took a science fiction writing class taught by Joe Haldeman, author of the excellent The Forever War. For one assignment we each received a…

Jun 29, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

May 2024

Effective But Boring

I’m working on a new game design with my kids (it’s great to have the band back together!) that features special player abilities.

May 27, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

Skeuomorphism, Diegesis, and You

May 11, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

April 2024

February 2024

The Incan Gold Experiment Part 2 - The Results

In last week’s GameTek I described a thought experiment about retheming Incan Gold as a firefighting game.

Feb 27, 2024 •

Geoff Engelstein

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts