Engineering Fun in Game Design
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The Idaho Game Developers, Drake Cooper's Back Stage Pass program and Trailhead Boise are teaming up to host this event. We will have a meet and greet, a presentation on mobile game design by Michael Wilson of Ponywolf, and a look at Boise's newest collaboration space. The talk is about the basics of game design and structure while applying those principles to modern digital design. This is theory and methodology, not practice, but we may reference design and programming principles, so rudimentary experience in design or development will be useful.
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Engineering Fun in Game Design
- 1. GAME DESIGNENGINEERING FUN IN DESIGN
- 2. OVERVIEW Today I want to talk about the basics of game design and structure while applying those principles to modern digital design. This class is theory and methodology, not practice, but we may reference design and programming principles, so rudimentary experience in design or development will be useful.
- 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL WILSON @STOPWILSON | WWW.PONYWOLF.COM PRESENTED BY
- 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . INTOAPROCESS? CAN WE TURN FUN
- 6. GAMES ARE DESIGNED TO BE ADDICTIVE Photo used under Creative Commons from Jeff Kubina
- 7. GAME MECHANICS • Achievements • Behavioral Momentum • Bonuses • Cascading Information • Combos • Community Collaboration • Countdown • Discovery • Epic Meaning • Infinite Gameplay • Levels • Loss Aversion • Lottery • Ownership • Points • Progression • Quests • Reward Schedules • Status via http://gamification.org/wiki/Game_Mechanics
- 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . METHODOLOGY? SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH
- 9. IT’SASET OF FEATURES Progress Bars Achievements Badges Scoreboards Socialization Competition Challenges etc. }METHODOLODY
- 10. THAT DON’T EQUATE TO FUN Progress Bars Achievements Badges Scoreboards Socialization Competition Challenges etc. }= FUN/
- 11. SO HOW DO WE MANUFACTURE FUN?
- 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . GAME? WHAT IS A
- 13. THERE IS A HIERARCHY OF EXPERIENCE
- 14. Experience Toy Puzzle Game
- 15. EXPERIENCE Photo used under Creative Commons from Blender Films
- 16. TOY Photo used under Creative Commons from stevendepolo
- 17. A TOY IS DESIGNED FOR PLAY
- 19. INHERENT “RULES” OFATOY • Interaction • Physical/Environmental Rules • Expectations • Feedback (Light, Sound, etc.) • Discovery • Manipulation • etc. TOY
- 20. VISUAL FEEDBACK
- 22. PUZZLE Photo used under Creative Commons from fdecomite
- 23. A PUZZLE IS FUN AND HAS A RIGHT ANSWER --SCOTTKIM,PUZZLEMASTER(THENEXTTETRIS)
- 24. IMPLICIT RULES OFAPUZZLE • Puzzles are a form of play. • Puzzles have a goal or objective. • Puzzles are “tricky.” • Puzzles imply needed ingenuity. PUZZLE
- 25. EXPLICIT RULES OFAPUZZLE A PUZZLE HAS RULES
- 27. A PUZZLE IS FUN AND HAS (ATLEASTONE) RIGHT ANSWER
- 29. GAME Photo used under Creative Commons from Muffet
- 30. A GAME IS A PLAY ACTIVITY WITH RULES THAT INVOLVES CONFLICT --INTERNATIONALGAMEDEVELOPERSASSOCIATION
- 31. RULES OFAGAME • Games are an activity. • Games have rules. • Games have conflict. • Games have goals. • Games involve decision making. • Games have an uncertain outcome. GAMEPortions of text used under Creative Commons from Ian Schreiber
- 32. RULES OFAGAME, MAYBE? • Games have Players? • Games have Winners and Losers? • Games are purposely inefficient? • Games have outcomes? • Games involve systems? • Games are...? GAME
- 33. A GAMES ARE STORY MACHINES
- 34. STORY Photo used under Creative Commons from DeusXFlorida
- 35. STORY Photo used under Creative Commons from StuSeeger
- 36. THE PIECES OF OUR STORY MACHINE ARE CALLED MECHANICS
- 37. GAME MECHANICS ARE CONSTRUCTS OF RULES INTENDED TO PRODUCE AN ENJOYABLE GAME OR GAMEPLAY
- 38. WHAT ISAGAME? Experience Toy Puzzle Game Lacks Interaction Explicit Rules Inherent Rules Outcome Has Interaction Objectives Conflict
- 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . FUN! DIALING IN THE
- 40. DESIGNING FUN IS ABOUT DESIGNING BALANCE
- 41. BALANCE Photo used under Creative Commons from cho45
- 43. THESE ARE THE BIG THREE, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS
- 44. RISK VS. REWARD
- 45. RISK
- 46. RISK VS.REWARD • Think of RISK and REWARD as a mechanic to drive MEANING. RISK = EFFORT EFFORT + REWARD = MEANING
- 47. CHALLENGE & DIFFICULTY According to human nature, it is inevitable that a person will learn and gain more skill presented a challenge and a chance to grow— therefore a game must increase in difficulty as the player progresses in order to continue to be challenging
- 48. MORE CHALLENGE = MORE EFFORT = MORE RISK
- 49. SO, A GAME WITHOUT RISK WILL INHERENTLY MAKE IT UN-FUN
- 50. LUCK VS. SKILL
- 51. Photos used under Creative Commons from dupo-x-y & Muffet LUCK SKILL
- 52. ALL GAMES HAVE SOME LUCK
- 53. ALL GAMES HAVE SOME SKILL
- 54. SOURCES OF LUCK • Random Number Generators (Dice, Coins, etc.) • Simultaneous Choices (Rock, Paper, Scissors) • Hidden Information (Cards, Stock Market) • Environment (Weather, imperfections, etc.) LUCK
- 58. SOURCES OF SKILL • Physical (Exercise, Practice, etc.) • Intelligence (IQ, Problem Solving, etc.) • Familiarity (Experience, Practice, etc.) • Endurance (Willpower, etc,) SKILL
- 60. SO, A GAME WITH OUT LUCK WILL INHERENTLY MAKE IT UNFAIR
- 62. WHEN SKILL GETS AN ADVANTAGE, DIAL UP THE LUCK
- 64. Photos used under Creative Commons from dupo-x-y & Muffet RANDOM PREDICTIVE
- 67. CHESS IS VERY RANDOM • The Shannon number, named after Claude Shannon, is an estimated lower bound on the game-tree complexity of chess • Shanon’s number is estimated at 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1046.7) games • More than the estimated number of atoms in the Universe via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number
- 68. Photos used under Creative Commons from Muffet
- 69. CHESS IS PREDICTIVE }IN BOOK IN BOOK IN BOOKIN BOOK IN BOOK IN BOOK IN BOOK IN BOOK NOVELTY IN BOOK INBOOK INBOOK INBOOK INBOOKINBOOKINBOOK INBOOK INBOOK
- 70. KNOWING THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME MAKES VARIATIONS MORE EXCITING
- 71. WHO WINS? i i
- 74. WHO IS THE UNDERDOG? Photo used under Creative Commons from Mike_fleming
- 75. SO, A GAME WITH OUT PREDICTIONS WILL INHERENTLY MAKE IT BORING
- 76. . . . . . . . . . . . . TOGETHER BRING IT
- 80. Q&A