Learning Game Development
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The document provides 6 lessons for learning game development: 1. Ensure the game has a clear, achievable objective tied to the game mechanics. Remove unrelated mechanics. 2. The game environment must change dynamically even when not being played, and penalize players for inaction. 3. Decide how players are scored, what variables scores depend on, what a winning score is, and how scores are computed using a formula from the beginning. Ensure players understand how actions relate to scores.
Learning Game Development
- 1. Learning Game Development 6 Lessons
- 2. LESSON 1 BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN ABOUT THE GAME OBJECTIVE
- 3. Make sure to tie down to a singular objective; One that is achievable given the game mechanics
- 4. Eliminate game mechanics that do not explicitly tie to the outcome
- 5. LESSON 2 THE GAME ENVIRONMENT NEEDS TO BE DYNAMIC
- 6. Even in non-play condition, the game environment must still change
- 7. There must be some penalization of the player for not making moves
- 8. LESSON 3 BE SURE OF HOW YOU SCORE PLAYERS
- 9. Decide on what variables the score will depend
- 10. Decide what clearly defines a winning score
- 11. Decide how the system will compute it
- 12. Work out the formulae to calculate the score right at the beginning
- 13. Ensure that the player understands how actions in the game relate to an increase/decrease in score
- 14. LESSON 4 INCLUDE A HOW-TO-PLAY
- 15. Do not take the game play experience of other stakeholders for granted
- 16. Right from prototyping stage include instructions on how to play the game
- 17. LESSON 5 DESIGN IS ONE THING; DEVELOPMENT IS ANOTHER
- 18. Know the budget and timelines and tailor your game design around it
- 19. Be practical during development. Do not get carried away by the vision of the game designer
- 20. LESSON 6 PLAY TEST EARLY, PLAY TEST OFTEN
- 21. To avoid incurring huge costs on play testing, use paper prototypes that model game-play
- 22. Play-test all through design and development Read More
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