Video game designers iteratively improve player experience by play testing game software and adjusting its design. Deciding how to improve gameplay is difficult and time-consuming because designers lack an effective means for exploring decision alternatives and modifying a game’s mechanics. We aim to …

Kunnen universele musea nog wel, vandaag de dag? Met hun autoritaire neutraliteit, modernistische inrichting, harde objectiviteit? Dat was de vraag die Indiase kunsthistorica Kavita Singh stelde tijdens de Reinwardt Memorial Lecture op 4 juni 2014. De gelegenheid was de viering van de 241ste geboortedag …

In textual modeling, models are created through an intermediate parsing step which maps textual representations to abstract model structures. Therefore, the identify of elements is not stable across different versions of the same model. Existing model differencing algorithms, therefore, cannot be applied …

In early game development phases game designers adjust game rules in a rapid, iterative and flexible way. In later phases, when software prototypes are available, play testing provides more detailed feedback about player experience. More often than not, the realized and the intended gameplay emerging …

Een leeg paleis vol keuzes. De toekomst van Soestdijk (2014). Hoe moet en kun je nadenken over de omgang met een monumentaal en nationaal bekend pand dat zwaar beladen is met historische betekenis? Dit essay deconstrueert de notie van verplicht behoud en schetst verschillende alternatieve handelingsperspectieven …

Blade Runner. Het neerdalend stof van een catastrofe is een essay dat de vraag beantwoordt welke grote, onomkeerbare veranderingen er tot 2023 te verwachten zijn in de informatietechnologie. En welke gevolgen deze zouden kunnen hebben voor de erfgoedsector.

In the multi-billion dollar game industry, time to market limits the time developers have for improving games. Game designers and software engineers usually live on opposite sides of the fence, and both lose time when adjustments best understood by designers are implemented by engineers. Designers lack …

Game development businesses often choose Lua for separating scripted game logic from reusable engine code. Lua can easily be embedded, has simple interfaces, and offers a powerful and extensible scripting language. Using Lua, developers can create prototypes and scripts at early development stages. However, …

Text of the Reinwardt memorial lecture by Michael Shanks at the Reinwardt Academie on the 12th May of 2012.