curiosity, patience and purpose: how big breakthroughs really happen

Curiosity, Patience and Purpose

How Big Breakthroughs Really Happen

Jesse Schell

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1. In the beginning, there is the designer.2. The designer creates an experience.3. The experience rises out of a game.4. The game consists of elements.5. The elements support a theme.6. The game begins with an idea.7. The game improves through iteration.8. The game is made for a player.9. The experience is in the player’s mind.10.Some elements are game mechanics.11.Game mechanics must be in balance.12.Game mechanics support puzzles.13.Players play games through an interface.14.Experiences can be judged by their interest curves.15.One kind of experience is the story.16.Story and game structures can be artfully merged with

indirect control.17.Stories and games take place in worlds.18.Worlds contain characters.19.Worlds contain spaces.20.The look and feel of a world is defined by its aesthetics.21.Some games are played with other players.22.Other players sometimes form communities.23.The designer usually works with a team.24.The team sometimes communicates through documents.25.Good games are created through playtesting.26.The team builds a game with technology.27.Your game will probably have a client.28.The designer gives the client a pitch.29.The designer and client want the game to make a profit.30.Games transform their players.31.Designers have certain responsibilities.32.Each designer has a motivation.

Happy Atoms is supported in part by the Institute of

Education Sciences, US Department of Education through SBIR contract ED-IES-15-C-0025

Gilbert N. Lewis(my hero)

➔ Past prototypes & research support

Research

SBIR Phase I

Grant

Awarded

Usability/Feasibilit

y Studies

Completed

Prototype

Development &

Iteration2014

Follow Your Curiosity

To Something Meaningful

And Pursue That Patiently

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