Comments on: Architects and Gaming

By: Creating Digital Urbanism in Intangible Cities | SmithGroupJJR

Creating Digital Urbanism in Intangible Cities | SmithGroupJJR — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:23:12 +0000

[…] logical structuring. The gaming industry is taking notice. Game developers Thekla, Inc. recently hired urban designers to construct a virtual island with varied climates and its own evolutionary and cultural history. Focal points and visual […]

By: Grisel Herrick

Grisel Herrick — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 04:54:00 +0000

Wow. I never really thought about all the work that goes into making a game. This article certainly puts things in perspective.

By: Laura Begley

Laura Begley — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:55:00 +0000

I am a recent graduate with my BFA in Interior Design. I proposed to design for a hypothetical video game for my senior project… It was denied by the school’s department. FAIL. I ended up designing a funeral home. I wish I could have shared this article with them. What a bunch of n00bs.

By: archininja

archininja — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:20:00 +0000

I recently came across a hypothetical program where architects could export a model from Revit into an interact environment, allowing the client to move through the building like a game > http://joemedwid.com/pensieve.html

Joe developed the idea as an architecture student, he now works for the NASA Ames Research Center!

By: grace

grace — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:52:00 +0000

good post!

By: sean hogan (seagaia)

sean hogan (seagaia) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:52:00 +0000

It is nice that you talked so much about all the thought that went into architecting the landscapes of The Witness…maybe after playing I will start to notice things in other games (though I’m not entirely sure, I guess that depends if as much thought went into landscape design in other games). The notion of thinking across time is useful as well for world design in general, glad that was brought up. Really looking forward to playing The Witness.

By: Jeremy Cabral

Jeremy Cabral — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:43:00 +0000

huge fan of World of Goo’s soundtrack too… on that note, here’s an interesting wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music

By: Jeremy Cabral

Jeremy Cabral — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:40:00 +0000

I’m a huge fan of landscapes in gaming. Some of my most memorable games in terms of visualising the architecture & landscapes would be Worms, World of Goo and more recently Assassin’s Creed. Great post!

By: Linda Bennett

Linda Bennett — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:00:00 +0000

For more info about the architecture in witness head over to FORUM design studio. http://fourm-designbuild.com/section/288487_The_Witness.html