Game Design Workshop1, Second Edition: A Playcentric by Tracy Fullerton

By Tracy Fullerton

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The goal is to play and perfect this simplistic model before a single programmer, producer, or graphic artist is ever brought onto the project. This way, the game designer receives instant feedback on what players think of the game and can see immediately if they are achieving their player experience goals. This might sound like common sense, but in the industry today, much of the testing of the core game mechanics comes later in the production cycle, which can result in disappointment. Because many games are not thoroughly prototyped or tested early, flaws in the design aren’t found until late in the process—in some cases, too late to fix.

Because you have not yet invested in extensive artwork or programming, your costs so far should be pre y reasonable, and you should have a great deal of flexibility to make any changes. 8 Iterative process diagram · Narrow down the list to the top three. · Write up a short, one-page description each of these ideas, sometimes called a treatment or concept document. · Test your wri en concepts with potential players (you might also want to create rough visual mockups of your ideas at this stage to help communicate the ideas).

Analyze why one moment of gameplay stands out and not another. Commit to writing in your game journal every day. Creativity Creativity is hard to quantify, but you’ll definitely need to access your creativity to design great games. Everyone is creative in different ways. Some people come up with lots of ideas without even trying. Others 9 focus on one idea and explore all of its possible facets. Some sit quietly in their rooms thinking to themselves, while others like to bounce ideas around with a group and find the interaction to be stimulating.

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