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Lars Doucet's Blog
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Lars A. Doucet is the Co-Founder of Level Up Labs, LLC, an independent game design studio based in Bryan, TX, and has a Master's degree in Visualization Sciences from Texas A&M University.
His latest project is the successful RPG/Tower Defense hybrid Defender's Quest.
In addition to his work at LUL, Lars has been a consultant who specializes in "Applied Gaming," an emerging field that uses game design and game technology for new uses both in and out of the entertainment sector.
Lars' applied gaming projects include Super Energy Apocalypse, in collaboration with the Houston Advanced Research Center, and CellCraft, through Wake Forest University and the MacArthur foundation.
Lars has also consulted for Rice University's Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning and Texas A&M University. |
Expert Blogs
BazaarBot: An Open-Source Economics Engine  |
| Posted by Lars Doucet on Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:15:00 EDT in
Programming,
Design,
Console/PC,
Indie,
Serious
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| We have physics engines, so why not economics engines? I present my latest work on a simple open-source free market simulation engine. |
| Read More... | 20 Comments |
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Story-telling as Problem Solving: Defender's Quest (GDC 2013 Narrative Summit) |
| Posted by Lars Doucet on Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:17:00 EDT in
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| Our talk at the GDC 2013 Narrative Summit. Thesis: a game’s story must explain its mechanics. |
| Read More... | 19 Comments |
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Youtube and the new AudioVisual Literacy |
| Posted by Lars Doucet on Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:11:00 EST in
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| I grew up "reading" the internet, but I feel the new generation grew up "watching" it. How can we respond as developers and critics? |
| Read More... | 0 Comments |
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Tourette Quest - Media, Magic, and Nostrils! |
| Posted by Lars Doucet on Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:22:00 EST in
Console/PC,
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Serious,
Indie
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| I'm designing a game about my experiences with Tourette's Syndrome. In Part 2, I discuss the unexpected media reaction to part 1, and some new systems I'm implementing, such as verbal tics and a procedural magic system. |
| Read More... | 15 Comments |
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Free 2 Play and the Four Currencies |
| Posted by Lars Doucet on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:09:00 EST in
Design,
Production,
Business/Marketing,
Console/PC,
Smartphone/Tablet,
Social/Online,
Indie
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| The Free2Play phenomenon is explained in terms of four "psychological" currencies - Money, Time, Pain-in-the-butt, and Integrity. |
| Read More... | 8 Comments |
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Lars Doucet's Comments
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Comment In: Examining the Pipeline: Demographics of Undergraduate Students Studying Games [Blog - 06/04/2013 - 12:43]
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I assume PoC People of ... I assume PoC People of Color r n r nI think one of the things that 's usually true is any sort of minority status that is immediately visibly obvious, and that you can 't hide, opens you up to more discrimination, across the board -- Skin color and Gender/Sex ... |
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Comment In: BazaarBot: An Open-Source Economics Engine [Blog - 06/03/2013 - 09:15]
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Most definitely - you basically ... Most definitely - you basically have the basics for a smuggling game right there, whether it 's something comparatively benign like avoiding taxes on Rum and Tea, or a bit more shady like running drugs or guns. r n r nI imagine you 'd implement this by creating a separate ... |
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Comment In: The Demo Is Dead [Blog - 06/03/2013 - 10:08]
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@Caspian: r n r nRight. ... @Caspian: r n r nRight. To be clear, I totally support your conclusion. I just think it 's interesting that we 've had such different experiences. My guess is the difference comes from platform downloadable vs. web , genre, and many other little variables. And of course, it remains to ... |
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Comment In: The Simulation Dream [Blog - 06/02/2013 - 04:09]
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Wow, this article went up ... Wow, this article went up nearly simultaneously with my writeup of a free-floating economic market simulator: r nhttp://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarsDoucet/20130603/193491/BazaarBot An OpenSource Economics Engine.php r n r nWhat you 've written here is basically the perfect before you get drunk on emergent complexity, please consider... counterpoint. Thanks for writing it |
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Comment In: Opinion: Let's Play crackdown is an attack on game culture [News - 05/30/2013 - 12:29]
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The reddit thread is now ... The reddit thread is now a wiki page : r nhttp://letsplaylist.wikia.com/wiki/ 22Let 27s Play 22-friendly developers Wiki Master List |
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Comment In: Xbox One preowned rumors batter GameStop shares [News - 05/24/2013 - 03:56]
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If worst comes to worst, ... If worst comes to worst, and Gamestop feels its back is up against a wall, what incentive does it have not to throw Microsoft under the bus and push Sony / Nintendo product instead r n r nRetail is on the way out as digital distribution takes over, but retail ... |
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