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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

A few notes on branching, microbranching, and pants

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I am wrapping up work on a preproduction build of a digital gamebook that has me writing a lot of interactive fiction. After exploring my op...
Friday, May 1, 2026

A new way to start classes

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Now listen! and before I start, give me your hearing and your heart, for words will quickly disappear, if they aren't heard in heart and...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Reflecting on CS390, Spring 2026 edition

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I taught CS390 Game Studio Preproduction after a year off, and it was to have been the beginning of a three-semester sequence. However, ther...

Reflecting on CS222, Spring 2026 Edition

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I had a fun cohort of students in CS222 this semester. Each team designed a final project of the "connect to a Web service and do somet...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Reflecting on CS215, Spring 2026 edition

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Introduction It was a delight to teach CS215 Introduction to Game Design  this past semester. I had not taught the class since Fall 2022, an...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

What we learned in CS222, Spring 2026 edition

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I worked my CS222 students through my usual semester reflection exercise today. I gave them five minutes to write down everything they learn...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Vlaada Chvátil's observations on diplomacy and winning

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I just finished listening to Vlaada Chvátil 's appearance on Justin Gary 's Think Like a Game Designer podcast . It's definitely...
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Paul Gestwicki
In no particular order: teacher, scholar, painter, father, husband.
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