GDAM 2009: Year in Review

Originating as a proposed initiative for the IGDA's new Game Design SIG, Game Design Aspect of the Month (or GDAM) began on March 1 of 2009 to serve as a platform and community blog for game developers and scholars to discuss design issues.

Since then, we have covered several topics. They were:

• March 2009: Player Death
• April 2009: Designing Quality 2-3 Hour Games
• May 2009: Trends of Simplicity
• June 2009: Prototyping
• July 2009: Mature Games
• August 2009: Single-Play Sessions
• September 2009: Gaming the Game Developers
• October/December 2009: Pitching/Creating a High Concept
  

We look forward to more great topics in the coming year! To participate, please submit topic suggestions for future months and contribute articles. You can also become a regular contributor or an editor.

Happy Holidays! And many thanks to our readers and contributors!