In game development, resources are limited. For any creative endeavor, this might seem very restrictive and counterintuitive. In this talk we’ll explore how constraints can be used to our advantage, leading to designing and creating better and more unique products.

1. how constrained creativity drives innovation

2. I am Fernando Reyes Medina
Game Designer
343 Industries
Mexico City, Mexico
Seattle, USA

19. "...when you designed characters, you had a space that was 16 squares by 16, so
creating a normally proportioned person just wasn’t fun. So I started with a really
big face, and then decided to fill in the body. I couldn’t really design a mouth, so I
made the nose big and covered it with a moustache. And we couldn’t really
depict hair, which is why I put a hat on him."

41. Team Goals

42. Project Goals
Team Goals

43. Opportunities
Team Goals
Project Goals

44. OpportunitiesResources
Team Goals
Project Goals

45. constrain resources but not how to use them

46. constrain resources but not how to use them
constrain the problem not the solutions

47. constrain resources but not how to use them
constrain the problem not the solutions
DON’T Constrain the Team

53. Problem
World

54. Subtraction

56. Subtraction Multiplication

58. Subtraction Multiplication Division

60. Subtraction Multiplication Division
Attribute Dependency

62. Subtraction Multiplication Division
Task UnificationAttribute Dependency

65. Questions?
@itsameFernando
Fernando@xbox.com