Program and Play

"Roberto is a walking encyclopaedia on classic games. He knows everything!"
A DigiPen student, feedback from GAT110-"Game History" course

"Roberto is a human calculator able to suggest excellent game design tips"
A DigiPen student, feedback from GAT210-"Game Mechanics I" course

Welcome to my personal homepage, "Program and Play"!

My name is Roberto Dillon and I am an Italian computer engineer living in Singapore where I am working in the fascinating world of video games, both from a development and an academic perspective.  

In these pages I'll share some of my own ideas, views, slides presented at conferences around the world, some of my projects and games and anything I see fit, so feel free to browse around: you'll never know what you could find here!

If you are looking for some information about my books "On the Way to Fun: an Emotion based Approach to Successful Game Design" and "The Golden Age of Video Games", you can check the Books page.

Obviously, I'd be really happy to have your feedback on any of them.

Have fun and feel free to get in touch with me at roberto {at} ProgramAndPlay {dot} com !