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Monarch: Bringing Life to Butterfly Generations | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. You are a butterfly trying to perpetuate your species. Website: http:/ monarch.urustar.net. Press Kit: http:/ press.urustar.net. Made for the MolyJam Deux. You sneak that little thing in there at the end. That sentence, said by Peter Molyneaux some time ago, was our inspiration for this game created in a 48 hour-ish game jam, MolyJam 2013. Or you can download it for Mac. If you are a journalist or a blogger, you can find more resources at press.urustar.net. You can also find.
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The Playful Arts Festival at a Glance | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. In June Marina and I went to the Netherlands to be inspired by all the stuff Playful Arts Festival proposed. We knew it would be fun, but then it was great. Written by Federico Fasce. On July 10th, 2014. The Playful Arts Festival at a Glance. Took place in ’s-Hertogenbosch just the week before we were going to hold Game Happens! Just before the final organisation rush. The evening before leaving we faced a crisis. Competition. Zuraida Buter. Standing in the market square of ...
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How We Work: Our Manifest of Ethics | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. Why an entire page about the way we work? Shouldn’t be just the results what count, especially when doing game design and development for clients? Turns out it’s a little more complicated than that. Being the game design and development process something quite obscure for non-developers, often the clients come to us with their ideas and their biases. This can affect the quality of our work and even jeopardize the final product. What Games Are for Us. We define a game as A.
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Y.M.I. (previously Betelgeuse) | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. An experiment of graphics and storytelling set in space. Status: Canceled – Prototype. Cara is a broke journalist. And you? What kind of AI are you? You play as Diane, the artificial intelligence loaded in Cara’s new personal digital assistant. Diane communicates with Cara through a vocal interface. She can buzz to attract Cara’s attention, or she just can stay there, waiting for a question or an order from Cara. This is how we designed the interaction (mockup). This website...
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Zwan: Fly through the Stages of Pain and Madness | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. A game inspired by Bosch and his artworks. Website: http:/ zwan.urustar.net. Press Kit: http:/ press.urustar.net. Made for the Bosch Art Game Competition. The right premises before telling you about this project is that we love art. One of the things we always dreamt about was making a game that could allow people to experience art in a different and deeper way. So, when we read that the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation was throwing an international contest. Playable prototyp...
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Game Happens! | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. A workshop and a networking event held in Genova. Website: http:/ gamehappens.com/index.php/en. Where: Villa Durazzo Bombrini, Genova (IT). Is a workshop and a networking event focusing on the economic growth of the video game industry in Italy, especially in Genova and in the Liguria region. The first edition of Game. Was held in Genova on June 27th 2014. You can find more info at GameHappens.com. Is over, and we have quite a lot of people to thank. Urustar S.r.l.
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B*Sides 2010-2014 | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. A collection of 17 game prototypes plus ebooks, soundtracks, art and videos. Buy it on Gumroad. Website: http:/ b-sides.urustar.net. Press Kit: http:/ press.urustar.net. From 2010 to 2014 Urustar has made games, experimented, built prototypes. The B*Sides is an all-digital pack of goodies available for a very limited time. Buy it and discover a bundle of whimsical experiments. There are some print and play board games too! Pay what you want). Vin Diesel in a Paper World.
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Game Happened! | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. Is over, and we have quite a lot of people to thank. Written by Federico Fasce. On July 3rd, 2014. So, I guess this is a final round up. Did actually happened, and we are still quite excited about it. What was born as a very small event to see if there is any chance to build up a game makers community here in Genova, turned up as a quite solid conference with a vibrant indie games showcase. And we really need to thank a lot of people for making this possible. If you’ve been ...
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The Wrong Lizard: An Election Game in Italy | Urustar
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Game Design From Outer Space. A game about general elections in Italy. Website: http:/ wronglizard.urustar.net. Press Kit: http:/ press.urustar.net. Made for the Election Games Jam. Was created for The Election Games Jam. Organized by the Italian game developers community Indie Vault. In your every day life or not, no matter what party you choose. We express our political class. When we make small decisions during our day, even when we don’t realise we are actually making a decision. 8221; You see someth...
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