Maybe a good list to pick a new clone from, or a place to visit when brainstorming.

Inspired by NaNoWriMo's "magna carta"s, this is a list of things in games that I've liked.

They are here as inspiration, motivation, and as a tribute. I hope to borrow/steal/remix/create with this, to give my own games a bit of the joy these brought me.

These should help step towards the principles I care about in games. What themes are threaded through all these?

• games i love
• JUICY (juice in games)
• Best Game Talks

Games have always been a passion of mine - I love finding games in which the devs made something they wanted to play, something that didn't adhere to some generic idea of what a game should be. As a result I love indie games and tend to abhor games with large budgets but bankrupt creativity.

I hope to continue to pull the likes/themes over to the gaming magna cartas.

Museum Exhibits as a level design constraint.

What would my museum show the player about each of these?

• an homage to existing games/series
• a slice/scene from one of our own fiction
• a tribute to any part of actual history
• some gravity game we just can't get enough of

• An exhibit-level editor

Exhibits are nice b/c they can be minimal and focus on simple objects, rather than a complete picture.