Sentences with phrase «social mechanics in»

Overall the social mechanics in the game are extremely limited for a game of this type.

There is also social mechanics in the form of leaderboards and gifts.

Making Friends is Hard: Social Mechanics in Contemporary Design Speaker: Alex Hutchinson (Creative Director, Electronic Arts Montreal) Date / Time: Wednesday (March 25, 2009) 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm Location (room): Room 131, North Hall

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The people I've met through wrapping (through babywearing in general but specifically wrapping) have taught me so much, well beyond mechanics, especially on topics of social justice.

Either way, I can guarantee the way we use social media will continue to evolve daily in terms of tactics and mechanics.

The only «legs» it will have are those that are provided by the Westminster Media village - so yes, it will likely continue to play on the TV news and in some newspapers but I doubt this will be the main topic of conversation at The Mechanics in Deptford or Bedlington Social.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, researchers may have discovered a new truth about the mechanics behind self - perception.

Now in its 45th year of production, the Italian motorsports veterans are using their status as the mechanic's monthly as a platform for political and social pensées that resonate on a wider, and more newsworthy scale.

Another mechanic that is widely used in gamification is the social interaction between participants.

Writing is incorporated into various subject areas (i.e. math, science, reading, social studies, etc.) In addition to cross-curricular writing opportunities, students are instructed in the mechanics of writing through grammar and writing lessons, journal writing, and Writer's WorkshoIn addition to cross-curricular writing opportunities, students are instructed in the mechanics of writing through grammar and writing lessons, journal writing, and Writer's Workshoin the mechanics of writing through grammar and writing lessons, journal writing, and Writer's Workshop.

An agent must be organized, intelligent, multi-tasking, a good negotiator, have excellent time management skills, love books, know marketing and sales and be well versed in the mechanics of writing / storytelling / character development / plot / pacing and social media.

In addition to the mechanics of launching of a business, there were social media platforms and computer programs to master (Goodreads alone was a labyrinth that had me lost!)

The education that most kids in senior secondary school receive these days focuses on biology, math, physics, chemistry, English, physical education, social studies, mechanics, wood - working and home economics, not real life!

While it moves in a new online and social direction, the game's core mechanics are better than ever by staying true to what makes the series so great - being an awesome golf game.

Additionally, in games with deep social mechanics where one player may want to «catch up» to their friends» levels in order to play with their friends, this could become a hostage situation.

In part 2 I'll cover issues like the Meta Game, Monetization and Social Mechanics.

The games industry evolves so quickly that it is difficult to predict what may happen in the future, but Rustam believes more social, player vs player, and cooperative mechanics will be key to successfully engaging and monetizing players.

And some designers, such as the team that did the excellent Battlestar Galactica boardgame, have managed to find success in creating tension and interesting social mechanics with the introduction of a traitor mechanic into the cooperative gameplay style.

The new addition to Devil Survivor 2 comes in the Fate system, which tracks your friendship levels with your fellow party members — think the Social Links system in Persona but without the dating sim mechanics.

A day before the GDC Online early deadline, the major October 5th - 8th Austin - based event has added track keynotes from Blizzard's Greg Canessa (on Battle.net), Playdom's Raph Koster (on social mechanics), and Bigpoint's Heiko Hubertz (on the rise of Europe in online gaming).

(a ghost story) by Tim Rogers, a look at the mechanics of monetization in social games.

It has really fun maps, superb gameplay mechanics, fun looking characters, great social interaction, fast and addictive tactical gameplay, built - in voice communication, a progression system (e.g. badges and head styles) and super cool powerups that create unpredictable and hilarious situations.

Christy is refreshingly honest in general, commenting of his current vocation: «As a level designer, I'm merging my background as an artist, my interests in game mechanics and spatial compositions, my educational background in iconography, communication, story telling, social interactions, and architecture.

The FPS Module is like Arena Commander, its very specific maps / modes only, the FPS mechanics in the Persistent Universe is a lot different, which allows full freedom of players, exploration of social hubs / etc.

Highlights include the confirmation of a keynote from Zynga chief game designer Brian Reynolds (FrontierVille), and track keynotes from Blizzard's Greg Canessa (on Battle.net), Playdom's Raph Koster (on social mechanics), and Bigpoint's Heiko Hubertz (on the rise of Europe in online gaming).

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After an opening presentation by G4C President Susanna Pollack on the power and potential of video games to drive social change, students were divided into groups and guided through the game design process in a rapid - fire game jam: inventing games using unconventional materials as their game components, playtesting mechanics and refining their rules, and iterating to improve the gameplay.

Bob and Roberta Smith creates brightly coloured text - based paintings with powerful social messages; Yinka Shonibare clads figures in colourful batik to create politically loaded sculptural or photographic tableaux; Thomas Heatherwick is one of the world's leading designers, whose Olympic Cauldron fired the imagination of viewers in the opening ceremony in 2012; Rebecca Warren fuses everything from the ideas of conceptual artist Joseph Beuys to the cartoons of Robert Crumb, creating vitrines and lumpy sculptural figures; Conrad Shawcross brings engineering and sculpture into collisions of mechanics, sound, light and space; and Louisa Hutton, of architects Sauerbruch Hutton, designs buildings with a flair for colour and material richness.

Others like Jane McGonigal, author of Reality is Broken, prefer using game mechanics in the real world to promote innovation and positive social behavior.

It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics of human power — specifically whether there can be a shift in who wields it, a shift away from corporations and toward communities, which in turn depends on whether or not the great many people who are getting a rotten deal under our current system can build a determined and diverse enough social force to change the balance of power.

If Social Security numbers aren't supposed to be in there, then saying, «Well, that's why we don't put in on Google» is nuts because a transparent judiciary is just absolutely key to the functioning of our democracy, and a transparent judiciary is absolutely key to the mechanics of our legal system.

A lot of small brands, local shops, and growing websites want to utilize social media as a growth mechanic but simply don't have the time to put in the effort themselves.

Provided lessons to university students in English grammar and mechanics, academic writing conventions, styles and structures of various forms of essays (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences)

• Create and maintain liaison with state agencies to acquire legal papers, stamps and seals • Ascertain that all stamps, seals and papers are kept safely under lock and key • Be physically present at occasions that require state approvals such as for law suits and property matters • Interview clients briefly to ensure that they understand the mechanics of affidavits and other legal documents • Determine the eligibility of documents and clients» intentions by indulging them in conversation • Verify identification documents such as birth certificates, social security cards, passports and licenses • Ascertain that the signer is not coerced into signing a document and report any misdemeanors as soon as they arise • Prepare affidavits, depositions and other documents according to set content standards • Sign prepared documents and affix stamps and seals on them in a bid to provide approval • Perform marriage ceremonies by ensuring that proper licenses are obtained and documentation completed (authorized only in the states of Florida, Maine and South Carolina) • Create and prepare records of items notarized and ensure that they are in correct order for public reference