I was watching that new Rings of Power show, and the opening credits have these abstract shapes forming and reforming in sand. They seemed strangely familiar, and I suddenly remembered I'd seen them before, they're Chladni figures! (1/x) Because Tolkien's legendarium has all those fictional writing systems, you might think they're just, y'know, magic runes or whatever. And some are sort of familiar, like this tree maybe? But most are abstract, and strangely organic. (2/x)

📈 SPREADSHEET GAMES 📉

Everyone knows game designers love working with spreadsheets, but there aren't enough games that run *in* spreadsheets.
But my students are helping set things right. Check out some of their amazing games, all playable in Excel or Google Sheets:
👇📊👇📊👇 Quick background: This semester at the @NYUGameCenter I taught a new elective, Spreadsheets for Game Designers.
We covered all the usual ways designers use Excel. But it wouldnt be a Game Center class without getting to make some games! These were their final projects,