Jason Kapalka - 10 WAYS TO MAKE A BAD CASUAL GAME

Jason covers the elements of BAD casual games.

Delivered at Casual Connect Europe, Winter 2006

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Jason Kapalka is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of PopCap Games, the Seattle-based developer of popular casual games such as Bejeweled, Zuma, Bookworm, and Chuzzle.

Prior to founding PopCap in 2000 with John Vechey and Brian Fiete, Jason worked as Senior Producer at pogo.com, where he designed and produced more than a dozen of their web games and helped create the multiplayer infrastructure. Before that he was a regular contributor to Computer Gaming World, the industry's oldest PC gaming magazine. He holds an MA in English from the University of Alberta.

HOME \| LECTURES & ARTICLES \| GAME DESIGN \| 10 WAYS TO MAKE A BAD CASUAL GAME slides (3.3 MB) Jason covers the elements of BAD casual games. Delivered at Casual Connect Europe, Winter 2006 DOWNLOAD Jason Kapalka (email) Jason Kapalka is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of PopCap Games, the Seattle-based developer of popular casual games such as Bejeweled, Zuma, Bookworm, and Chuzzle. Prior to founding PopCap in 2000 with John Vechey and Brian Fiete, Jason worked as Senior Producer at pogo.com, where he designed and produced more than a dozen of their web games and helped create the multiplayer infrastructure. Before that he was a regular contributor to Computer Gaming World, the industry's oldest PC gaming magazine. He holds an MA in English from the University of Alberta.