Author: Lucas

  • War General

    This was a painting for Dominance War 4, an art competition for game artists. I’ve been so busy with UI, that this is the first painting I’ve done in a few months.

  • Game Design Nuggets

    I posted these on a forum recently. I can’t claim them as original thought, but I have found them to be my most useful heuristics in filtering game design ideas: Everything Rests on the Core Loop Sometimes called the “game mechanic” or the “30 seconds of fun,” the core loop is the series of actions…

  • The smeXbox

    I found this sketch on my hard drive. It’s about a year old, but I still believe we will see a lot of the ideas come to fruition in the *next* generation of game consoles. The basic idea is that the momentum from successes like the Wii and the social games market will focus the…

  • Books

    I always enjoy a chance to look over a list of recommended books and add a few to my amazon wishlist. So, I thought it would be a good idea to look over at my favorites on the bookshelf and write a list for the site here. These are the top three (or 6, depending…

  • Underneath It All

    This is my entry to Conceptart.org’s Last Man Standing 3 competition, round one. The topic is “Underneath it all.”