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Level Design: Environment Sketches & Reference Images

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:14:15 GMT

Do I have what I need to make an interesting level and create an environment inspired by Rosia Montana? It turns out that if look at the basic blocks I have planned for my level and at my resource ima...

My documentation trip to Rosia Montana

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:13:11 GMT

In August, I went on a one week family vacation/documentation trip to Rosia Montana. I will keep this post short as will likely detail this documentation process in a paper, but here is a summary of w...

Angela Hansen: An Artistic Critique of Extractivism

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:07:44 GMT

What a privilege to see recurring themes in the artistic critique of extractivism, as I return from my documentation trip to Rosia Montana, Romania, where I saw its effects on nature and communities,...

Games_Against_Fascism

Fri, 22 May 2026 20:55:02 GMT

I attended this online event organized by Games Transformed with a couple of game studies scholars whose work I have been following, and here are some questions I retained from it, that are relevant t...

A bit on ludo-politics

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:09:53 GMT

In designing Thunderbird Strike , the Anishinaabe, Metis, settle-Irish media theorist and artist Elizabeth LaPensee, reflects on the concept of ludo-politics. Games as ludic, interactive media can sho...

The nature behind the environmental design

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:59:15 GMT

The Rosia Montana site is breathtaking. It's hard at this point to imagine that any environment design decisions may capture its essence. 1. Roșia Montană Copyright: © Daniel Vrabioiu Permanent URL...

Finding Inspiration

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:11:57 GMT

Shotdeck , which as I said in my other dev log for Saving Beauty is amazing for finding images from many great movies. It is such a good resource to study composition and get inspiration for aesthetic...