People usually misunderstood game design for artistic design in game, whist this is one of the most important role in game development process. Emerging from initially roles of lead programmers, game designers are who decide what will be the games with its mechanics, rules, parameters...
This series will give an overview of game design elements and processes at JOY Entertainment - a indie studio with high quality game titles.
3. OUR COMPANY:
• Founded in April – 2012
• Joint – Stock Company
OUR PRODUCTS:
• Cross-platform mobile games
• Social games
• Game engine
OUR SITUATION:
• 2 mobile game + 2 app
• Working on 3 mobile games
7. Game Designer do what?
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Creates game mechanics
Decide game features
Make game design documents
Storyboard, scripts, characters, dialogue…
Parameters, game pace, levels structure…
Tutorials, scores, challenges – rewards…
Monetization
8. Game Mechanics
rules
“constructs of
intended to produce a
game or gameplay”
Simple: How and what
will happen if I do “X”?
• Jump Mario over a
mushroom? It’s flattened.
• Put a block in water in our
Blocks Buddies? You can’t.
9. Game Mechanics - Rules
Candy Crush Saga:
• Touch a jelly and move
up, down, left, right
• Touch and release
• Touch and move diagonally
• Touch outside the area
• Multi-touch the screen
• ….
10. Game Mechanics – Parameter
Counter-Strike – Health
mechanics:
• Headshot – lose 100% of
the health bar
• Have armor – decrease
20% damages dealt
• Grenade - 100 damages
x the distance
• ….
11. How to make it good
“constructs of rules intended to produce a game or
gameplay”
Game – solving problems
Game Mechanics – set out the problems
→ Challenging
→ Accomplishment – after solving the problems
→ Skillful – more skills to explore and feel “pro”
→ Curiosity – to explore the mechanics
Many more: easy to play – hard to master, integration…