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Jason Bakker's Blog
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Hey there!
I'm a game designer/programmer living in Melbourne, Australia. During the day I work at Wicked Witch Software developing console and handheld games.
I spend my nights and weekends working on small scale indie games, prototypes, and other weird little things, which you can keep up with on my website. What? Do I what? What is this "sleep" you talk of?
If you're interested in getting in contact with me, feel free to shoot me an email at jason.bakker (at gmail dot com) or to follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Jason_Bakker . |
Expert Blogs
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Game/Play Jam and BBQ Attack! |
| Posted by Jason Bakker on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:11:00 EDT in
Programming,
Indie
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| A write-up of my experience making a game in seven hours at the NGV Studio Game/Play Jam. |
| Read More... | 2 Comments |
Hey, a Dinosaur Game Would Be Cool  |
| Posted by Jason Bakker on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:51:00 EDT in
Design
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| An exploration of what a game idea is worth. |
| Read More... | 19 Comments |
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Understanding the Medium |
| Posted by Jason Bakker on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:56:00 EST in
Design
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| What does it mean to be a storyteller in games?
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| Read More... | 11 Comments |
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AC2: The Animus Is Incompatible With Me |
| Posted by Jason Bakker on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:36:00 EST in
Design
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| My thoughts and feelings about Assassin's Creed II. Early game spoilers within. |
| Read More... | 4 Comments |
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Ze iPhone Game: Choosing an Engine |
| Posted by Jason Bakker on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:26:00 EDT in
Design,
Programming
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| This post covers my development team's first steps in making our iPhone game, describing the engines and APIs that are currently out there and the decision-making process that I went through in choosing which engine to go with. |
| Read More... | 20 Comments |
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A GDD Template for the Indie Developer |
| Posted by Jason Bakker on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:58:00 EDT in
Design
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| This article outlines a Game Design Document template for independent developers, that's less focused on target markets and saleability and more on information that's actually useful in small-scale game development. |
| Read More... | 6 Comments |
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Jason Bakker's Comments
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Comment In: Big ideas in short spurts at GDC's microtalks [News - 03/29/2013 - 02:02]
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But is this approach the ... But is this approach the best one To make every single speak a political one r n r nOne of the best points of discussion regarding this issue I heard during GDC was that you don 't choose to be political or not political. Everything is political. Thus when you ... |
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Comment In: A Way to Better Games: Establishing Functional Theory [Feature - 06/19/2012 - 04:50]
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Thanks for the mention, although ... Thanks for the mention, although I 'm not sure you understood my point. Although you did catch that I have a strong emotional connection to games, as I guess most of us do : r n r n I definitely support you in your quest to find a grammar and ... |
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Comment In: The Top 10 Things The Game Industry Can Learn from Film Production [Feature - 05/01/2012 - 04:15]
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I felt like the concept ... I felt like the concept vetting point doesn 't make much sense, as game development is much more invention-through-iteration focused than concept focused. At the moment it feels like if that gigantic vetting process went on, the majority of concepts that came out of it would still need to be ... |
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Comment In: How Legend of Grimrock's dev rolled the dice and won [News - 04/25/2012 - 07:42]
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Also, great article Success stories ... Also, great article Success stories like this are incredibly inspiring : |
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Comment In: What Makes a Game? [Feature - 03/29/2012 - 04:50]
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But why do you need ... But why do you need to use the word game to define games with ambiguous decisions Maybe we need to create a poll or something, but I feel for the vast majority of people, the word game has a different, more inclusive meaning than that. r n r nI feel ... |
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Comment In: Opinion: Awful Lot Of Heterosexuals Around Here [News - 12/30/2011 - 05:34]
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Jann Walker from Valkyria Chronicles ... Jann Walker from Valkyria Chronicles - great character, great game I'd love to see more diversity of all kinds in games : |
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