Presentation for UNITECH event - January 8, 2018
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The document discusses key concepts in game design, including mechanics, dynamics, aesthetics, and the theory of fun as outlined by Ralph Koster. It also explores gamification, defining it as the application of game elements in non-game contexts to engage users, and touches upon the phenomenon of loot boxes and their implications in gaming. Various examples and platforms are referenced throughout to illustrate these ideas.
Presentation for UNITECH event - January 8, 2018
- 1. Game Design, Gamification, & Loot Boxes Pier Luca Lanzi – Politecnico di Milano
- 3. Games
- 7. Pieter Bruegel – Children’s Games (1560) http://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/
- 8. How do we perceive videogames?
- 9. Story
- 10. Character
- 11. Artistic Style
- 12. Bastion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAuKkv4eZE Bit Trip Beat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHbg-sNqe4w Dark Echo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuOC8oTrFbM Audio
- 13. Story + Character + Artistic Style + Audio = Aesthetic
- 14. Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics (MDA) Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc, Robert Zubek (2004)
- 17. Super Mario Bros. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8bhFoqkVE Geometry Dash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k90y6PIzIaE 140 Official Trailer - http://vimeo.com/59001919 Space is Key - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV478axBuiU
- 19. 26 Jesse Schell - The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Second Edition 2nd Edition https://www.jesseschell.com/ Mechanics Story Aestethics Technology
- 20. But it is not that simple … It cannot be …
- 22. Fun?
- 23. “A Theory of Fun for Game Design” Ralph Koster © (http://www.theoryoffun.com)
- 24. Cartoon from “A Theory of Fun for Game Design” Ralph Koster © (http://www.theoryoffun.com)
- 25. Cartoon from “A Theory of Fun for Game Design” Ralph Koster © (http://www.theoryoffun.com)
- 26. Highway to Hell by AC/DC © AC/DC
- 27. The world's ugliest music: Scott Rickard perTEDxMIA
- 31. 'A Minute to Learn… A Lifetime to Master’ James R. Becker
- 34. Narrative Development & Path to Master
- 40. Applied Games
- 41. Michele Pirovano – Exergaming for Autonomous Rehabilitation
- 43. Prof. Pier Luca Lanzi Scot Osterweil’s Four Freedoms • Freedom to explore §Players should be allowed to explore a lot • Freedom to fail §Players fail all the time in a game §Failure has to present in game §Bad games don’t know how to treat failure • Freedom of identity play §Players love to be to be in someone else’s shoes §I like to play Skywalker but also as Darth Vader or dress as a doll • Freedom to effort §Players should be able to play as they feel, soft or hard §Sniper vs Assault vs Support vs Engineer 54
- 44. Gamification
- 46. gamification is … the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts. the use of the elements of play in non-game contexts.
- 47. what is the goal? to engage users in an activity
- 54. Why are these games free to play?
- 55. An adequate mechanic …
- 57. Proper engagement and progression …
- 60. Engaging audio …
- 62. Fidelization …
- 64. South Park Season 18 Episode 6 https://tinyurl.com/sp18e06
- 65. What about loot boxes?
- 66. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/19/16783136/loot-boxes-video-games-gambling-legal
- 67. And now, the end is near; And so I face the final curtain.