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Proven Game Design Knowledge from the Practitioners of the Video Game Industry

Brian Urbanek
Lead Expert Game Designer
“When I encountered their system, I was immediately impressed with the clarity and craft inherited in their style, which I used to guide brainstorming sessions, train junior designers, and communicate iterative design processes with engineers and production.”
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First Principles of Game Design
Learn the fundamental principles to consistently engineer a fun human experience in the context of game design and most importantly how to practice & hone the skill, not just theory-craft.
The principles we teach have been used to create some of the best-rated features in award-winning video games such as League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Ori, and The Will of The Wisps.
Instructor: Alexander Brazie
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Working with Game Design Skills team has been one of the best experiences of my career. They’re reliable, talented and a positive influence on every project they are a part of.

When Alex and his team focus their efforts on a systems-level problem, they go hard and thoroughly explores the problem space. I was always impressed by the depth of their explorations and investigations to many challenging game design problems.

“When I encountered their system, I was immediately impressed with the clarity and craft inherited in their style, which I used to guide brainstorming sessions, train junior designers, and communicate iterative design processes with engineers and production.”
Brian Urbanek

Lead Expert Game Designer