WK 3 - Gameplay Controls Interface

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WK 3I. Elements of Game-play

(10 min Break)

II. Controls and Interface

or

So what is this interactivity thingy all about anyway?


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REVIEW:

What is a GAME? DEFINED RULES

DEFINED SPACE

GIVEN SET OF COMPONENTS

SET OF VICTORY CONDITIONS


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How to critically analyze &

brainstorm a VIDEO game: Starting point: The 10 Commandments of

Game Design

(Then break it down by)

Mechanics

Flow

Atmosphere Innovation


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Followed by a

Quick Case Study:


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I. Elements ofGame Play 1) What Does Play Mean?

2) Story and Plot

3) Unique Solutions

4) Non-Linearity

5) Modeling Reality

6) Teaching the Player

7) The Gut Factor


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1) What Does Play Mean? Gameplay includes all player experiences

during the interaction with game systems.

Proper use is coupled with reference to"what the player does".

Includes: story quality, ease of play, and

overall desirability of a game.


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Gameplay Not to be confused with Game

Mechanics: the construct of rules intended

to produce an enjoyable game orgameplay.


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Creativity

(Art / Writing) Programming

Marketing

Remember this?


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2) Story and Plot Story & Plot are fundamentally linear

The basic elements of linear plot are:

Conflict

Rising Action

Climax

Falling ActionResolution

(more info in Wk 5 & 6)


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The unwritten rule If someone is telling a story and changes

the facts it is often very confusing and

unbelievable.


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Story and Plot But if one is the CREATOR of the story

has control of the plot

then perhaps there is no need for to be linear yet all too often we think we must

because the story receiverexpects it

or at least we thinkthey do!

(This is a problem.)


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3) Unique SolutionsAnticipatory Systems vs. Complex Systems


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THE CHAOTIC RESULT:

Emergence (Emergent Properties)


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4) N

on-Linearity

[See Rouse Ch. 11 for more on story]

Storytelling

Multiple Solutions

Order

Selection


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5) Modeling Reality


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6)T

eaching the Player Tutorials?

Simple Actions

Increasing Complexity Reward the Player

Learning Experience


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7)The Gut Factor What makes a good game? As a designer you

will be expected to intuitively know the rightanswer! Its an Art form an internalized

understanding! Its about experience, integrity,and ability!

[Rouse p. 115]


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**10 MIN BREAK?**


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II. Controls and Interface 1) Input/Output

2) Controls

3) Game World Feedback

4) Good artists borrow

5) The Future


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1) Input/OutputGame Mechanics: the construct of rules intended

to produce an enjoyable game or gameplay.

Rule #1: There is an Input/Output relationshipcreated through the Mechanics which willdetermine the success of the Gameplayimplementation regardless of other factors.

Rule #2: You pretty much get to make the rest upas you go along.


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2) C

ontr

ols


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3) Game Wo

rld Feedback


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4) G

ood artists b

orrow

great ones steal!

Dont reinvent the wheel!

If it isn't broke dont fix it!

Build on what has gone before!

Learn from the mistakes of others!


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What we are really talking about here is

INTERACTIVITY!

[If it doesnt require interactivity, make a movie out of it instead.]


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The Future?


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HW:

Read Ch 1-4 of Schell to reinforce this stuff.

Reminder: D1 is due in 2 weeks! (Wk 5)

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