My 18 Years of Game Design | Tomo Moriwaki
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Delivered at Casual Connect USA 2016. 18 years is an awfully long time to develop a way of thinking. What's the difference between a junior and a senior designer? What does a systems designer do? What should they do? What are the most common design mistakes? Why do we keep making them even after we know? Answers to these questions and more set in the framework of my own path through the last couple decades designing video games.
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My 18 Years of Game Design | Tomo Moriwaki
- 1. My Path as a Game Designer Working on Making my Story Useful (Mostly for Myself, Sharing is Selfishness)
- 3. GIVE THE AUDIENCE A SINGLE SAMPLE OF A DESIGNER’S PATH THROUGH THE LAST 20 YEARS WHY THIS PRESENTATION?
- 4. WHERE ARE THE STORIES ABOUT THE STEPS WE TAKE TO IMPROVE? WHY THIS PRESENTATION?
- 5. WE KNOW WHAT GAME DESIGNERS DO. WHY THIS PRESENTATION?
- 6. WHY DO DESIGNERS MAKE THEIR CHOICES? WHY THIS PRESENTATION?
- 7. HOW DID MY EXPERIENCES SHAPE THE DESIGNER I AM TODAY? WHY THIS PRESENTATION?
- 8. WHO AM I?
- 9. WHO AM I? TOMO MORIWAKI 18 YEARS OF GAME DESIGN
- 10. WHO AM I? 13 YEARS CONSOLE 5 YEARS MOBILE, PC
- 11. WHO AM I? 3 YEARS PUNK UNDERLING
- 12. WHO AM I? 2 YEARS UNQUALIFIED LEAD
- 13. WHO AM I? 6 YEARS PROJECT LEADERSHIP
- 14. WHO AM I? 4 YEARS CONSULTING
- 15. WHO AM I? 3 YEARS CO-FOUNDER
- 16. WHAT IS GAME DESIGN?
- 17. WHAT IS GAME DESIGN? MANIPULATION
- 18. What is Game Design? LEARNING TO SPEAK A USER SEGMENT’S LANGUAGE
- 19. What is Game Design? CREATING AN EXPERIENCE
- 20. What is Game Design? TRANSLATING IT INTO THAT USER SEGMENT’S LANGUAGE
- 21. STARTING POINT
- 22. STARTING POINT A PLAYER OF GAMES
- 23. STARTING POINT A CONSUMER WHO LIKES WHAT THEY ARE TOLD TO LIKE
- 24. STARTING POINT A FANBOY WHO’S DEVELOPING A SENSE OF TASTE
- 25. STARTING POINT AN EMERGING IMAGINATION THAT I COULD DO BETTER
- 26. DIE BY THE SWORD 1999 FIRST GAME DEV EXPERIENCE
- 27. THE POWER OF ITERATION NO FEAR OF COMPLEXITY NO CONCEPT OF LARGER EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME FIRST GAME DEV EXPERIENCE
- 28. COMBAT LEVEL DESIGN “ANIMATION” FIRST GAME DEV EXPERIENCE
- 29. JUNIOR CREATIVE
- 30. JUNIOR CREATIVE I KNOW WHAT I LIKE, AND I THINK I’M RIGHT
- 31. JUNIOR CREATIVE I’M FIXATED ON THE DETAILS
- 32. JUNIOR CREATIVE I CAN ONLY REALLY PERCEIVE THE MOMENT
- 33. JUNIOR CREATIVE I STRUGGLE AND RUSH TO GET TO THAT MOMENT
- 34. JUNIOR CREATIVE I ACQUIRE THE SKILLS BOTH TECHNICALLY AND CONCEPTUALLY TO CREATE A GOOD MOMENT
- 35. JUNIOR CREATIVE I ONLY CARE ABOUT WHAT I’M WORKING ON
- 36. 2000
- 37. 2001
- 38. TRYING TO GROW UP LEARNING TO PLAY BY THE RULES
- 39. TRYING TO GROW UP SEEING THE WHOLE GAME
- 40. TRYING TO GROW UP HELPING THE TEAM
- 41. SPIDERMAN THE MOVIE 2002 FIRST LEAD POSITION
- 42. WORKING ON BEING A DECENT LEAD FIRST LEAD POSITION
- 43. UNQUALIFIED LEAD
- 44. UNQUALIFIED LEAD TACTICS! GET THE STUFF YOU LIKE DONE
- 46. UNQUALIFIED LEAD NOW YOU HAVE TO CUT
- 47. UNQUALIFIED LEAD BAD AT SEEING THE BIG PICTURE
- 48. UNQUALIFIED LEAD CLOSING AS A LEAD IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF FOLLOW THROUGH
- 50. DIRECTION THE GAME AS A PRODUCT
- 51. DIRECTION WHAT DOES THE PLAYER WANT?
- 52. DIRECTION WAIT, WHO IS THE PLAYER ANYWAY?
- 54. DIRECTION STRATEGY? LESSON ONE: UNIMPORTANT THINGS CAN SUCK
- 55. DIRECTION TAKE WHAT YOU DO WELL AND DO IT BETTER
- 56. DIRECTION MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
- 57. DIRECTION YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY THE HEIGHT OF YOUR HIGHS
- 58. DIRECTION COST TO EFFECT RATIOS DON’T SOUND SEXY, BUT THEY LEAD TO GOOD STUFF
- 60. 2004: HAVING CHILDREN! GREAT DEVICE TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON HOW TO BE A BETTER DESIGNER
- 61. 2004: HAVING CHILDREN! CARING ABOUT THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE USER
- 64. MATURING PERSPECTIVE “THAT’S NOT A GAME”
- 65. MATURING PERSPECTIVE “ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD SPEND MONEY ON THAT”
- 66. MATURING PERSPECTIVE WHAT PREJUDICED JERK I WAS
- 67. MATURING PERSPECTIVE PLAY IT UNTIL...
- 69. MATURING PERSPECTIVE OUR ABILITY TO LIKE IS MORE NUANCED THAN OUR ABILITY TO DISLIKE
- 70. MATURING PERSPECTIVE “BUT I PLAYED IT, AND I GET IT.”
- 71. MATURING PERSPECTIVE NOT AS MUCH AS SOMEONE WHO LOVED IT
- 72. 2011 CONSULTING BEING ALONE IS SCARY AND DIFFICULT
- 73. 2011 CONSULTING PRACTICE IS EVERYTHING
- 74. 2011 CONSULTING IT’S WEIRD NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW
- 75. 2014 HYPERKINETIC THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU AND COUPLE OLD FRIENDS REALIZE YOU COULD START A COMPANY
- 76. 2014 HYPERKINETIC EVERYTHING IS THE SAME!
- 77. 2014 HYPERKINETIC THE DEGREE TO WHICH EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR PERCEPTION
- 78. 2014 HYPERKINETIC THE DEGREE TO WHICH EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR PERCEPTION
- 80. 2014 HYPERKINETIC COMFORT ZONE… NOT
- 83. WHAT IS A GAME? BLOCK OF COMPRESSED DATA
- 84. WHAT IS A GAME? TO BE DECOMPRESSED BY A PLAYER