Articles

Hello, and welcome to my articles page.  What are they?  Why are they here?

What are they?

They’re short articles written by me.  Mostly about the process of making videogames because that’s what I know a fair bit about, but I’ve also got plans to add a few about general design ideas that aren’t necessarily aimed at games.

Why are they here?

Part of my reason for writing these is because I’m trying to become a better designer, and reflecting on technique and lessons learnt hopefully will help me moving forward.

But a larger part is to try and communicate what it is to make videogames.  To many people outside of the industry (and a few inside) it comes across as a mysterious art.  Since starting writing these I’ve also joined altdevblogaday, where you can also find these articles and comment upon them, and several have also been reposted on Gamasutra too.

How to use them

The links are just there on the left, in chronological order from top to bottom.  Dip in.  Read one.  Scan it.  Look at the pretty pictures, move along.  Have it gestate in your mind and then get out your towel and flag down a passing spaceship.  Read another on the journey.

It’s all here to enjoy and it’s free.  If you want to quote me then please do, but let me know.  If you want to contact me, please do.  But let me know.  I can be contacted at alex @ alexanderjamesmoore . co . uk (sorry for the formatting, it’s for spam protection), or via this facebook page.

All content is copyright Alex Moore 2011. All views within these pages are mine and only mine and do not represent any company I have either worked, or currently work, for.