Knowledge Base
Game Platform Design

(A part of our Learning Center collection.)

A collection of our game platform design articles, targetted towards Xbox LIVE Indie Games (XBLIG) however applicable to all game platforms with an overabundance of content. The top article here is our Xona Proposal, the proposed fix to XBLIG and all over-populated, unregulated game marketplaces. It influenced the design of (at least) two next-gen platforms.

2011/May/01 Matthew Doucette: Interviewed in Palutena's Army
2010/Dec/06 Microsoft, We Need More Than 50 XBLIG Tokens!
2010/Nov/17 Improve Traffic Flow to XBLA and XBLIG: More Proposed Changes to Xbox LIVE Dashboard
2010/Nov/15 Xona Proposal: Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (Final Draft)
2010/Nov/04 Why We Should Encourage "Crap" XBLIG Games
2010/Nov/01 Changing the Face of XBLIG: Proposed Changes to XBLIG Dashboard (First Draft)