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Stone is the lead designer for Riot Games, has worked in the game industry for over 15 years on games such as SimCity, Spore, and Diablo 3. He also teaches game design courses at Carnegie Mellon University’s ETC program which stands for Entertainment Technology Center. And he runs design seminars around the world.
Stone brought up a great point which is that a great game designer doesn't need a computer to create game designs. You could use your imagination and use your surroundings. Use your pen to draw or use the objects around you as references. The point is to always be creating. Don't let the tools be your excuse to not think of designs.
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