Welcome to the Winter 2007 issue of the IGDA
Casual Games Quarterly.
We've got another great collection of articles in this Winter 2007 issue of the IGDA Casual Games Quarterly. Rob Carroll gets to the bottom of all the Vista questions in an interview with Microsoft's Kim Pallister. PopCap's Tysen Henderson and Jeff Weinstein take us behind the scenes of Bookworm Adventures. Funkitron's Dave Walls turns in an excellent post-mortem on Slingo Quest. Jason Akel contributes another informative interview from the DRM world, this time with Softwrap's Richard Wienburg. Steven Davis explores security issues related to online games. Kane Minkus breaks down the terms and processes of game sound designers and composers. Finally, James Smith returns with more useful highlights from the past quarter's worth of market data.
Do you have ideas for content for the Casual Games Quarterly? We are always open to ideas for articles, regular columns, interviews, and more. Would you like to get involved with the Casual Games SIG? Email us or join the mailing list using the link on the left of this page.
Thanks!
Wade Tinney
Editor - IGDA Casual Games Quarterly
Partner, Game Designer - Large Animal Games
Chapter Coordinator - IGDA New York City
wade[at]largeanimal.com
Table of Contents
Letter from the Editor
Bookworm Adventures Postmortem: The Good, The Not Bad & The Ugly
By Tysen Henderson and Jeff Weinstein
Breaking Ranks: Hacking Tournaments, Ladders, Contests, and Multi-Player Games
By Steven B. Davis
Slingo Quest Postmortem
By Dave Walls
Q&A with Richard Wienburg, Softwrap Inc.
By Jason Akel and Richard Wienburg
Improving Communication with Your Sound Designer
By Kane Minkus
Top 10 Data Review for 4th Quarter of 2006
By James C. Smith
Windows Vista and Casual Games Development: What developers need to know
By Robert Carroll and Kim Pallister
