Fridge Magnet Game Dev at GDC
When does fridge magnet poetry not suck? When it’s generating crowdsourced game designs being rendered by famous concept artists?
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Alt.GDC: Gaming from a Maker’s POV
MAKE goes to GDC to see what’s relevant to makers.
Flapping Wing Rings
Much as I admire Dukno Yoon’s evident skills as a jeweler and metalsmith, I have to say his aeronautical engineering needs a bit of brushing up. There’s just no way he’s ever going to get off the ground in that thing.
DIY Wooden Gaming Pedals
Redditor Soonermandan’s first DIY project is this set of three wooden pedals which he built to use while playing Battlefield 3. No word yet if his project has given him a competitive advantage during gameplay.
Snake the Planet: Gaming on Building Facades
Are the screens on your phone, computer, or TV just too small for your gaming needs? Enter Mobile Projection Unit, a group working in interactive urban projection mapping. They loaded up a van with everything needed to map out a playable video game against the facade of a building.
Propane Nerf Dart Cannon Causes Damage
Easy PVC pipe cannon filled with propane fuel fires foam Nerf darts at dangerous velocities.
Lego Millennium Falcon, Rendered in 3DS Max
I’ve been deeply immersed in Lego Digital Designer for the past few months, and this sort of project, aside from the sweet assembly animation, could theoretically be done on that platform. However, Francisco Prieto didn’t use LDD. He used design software 3D Studio Max, modeling all of the Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon’s […]
