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CS/INFO 4154:Analytics-driven Game Design
Overview
Class #1:
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Class is completely full Programmers: very long waitlist Designers: shorter waitlist
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Course Staff
Primary TA:Rundong Wu
TA:Zikai Wen
Instructor:Erik Andersen
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Why should you take this class?
real-world impact, this semester
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CS/INFO 4154
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You Your teammates
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Releases
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External Reviews!
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2014 and 2015: Application Survey
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2014 and 2015 totaled:
350,000 people
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Hello Worlds!
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Hello Worlds!
1.5 million people
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The internet is cruel…
“Fez rip off”
“graphics are ugly and too pixelated”
“stupid controls make the game stupid”
“shitty dev should know better”
“I have to say, this is an incredibly amateurish mistake”
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… but occasionally rewarding
“i hope you’re happy…. you made a game soo good iignored my important english paper all day just to play it… I hope you’re proud of yourself =p 5/5”
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Why should you take this class? real-world impact data-driven design
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The designer’s dilemma
1 hour 10 hours 100 hours
$5 $100 $500no fame no fame lots of fame
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Source: Braid
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Minecraft
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The $2.5 billion design iteration
Infiniminer Minecraft
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Game Design Workflow
game designers game playtesters
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Microsoft In-house Playtesting
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Game Design Workflow
game designers game playtesters
the world
data
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10,000 League of Legends Players
Source: New York Times, Tom Giratikanon, Jon Huang, Jeremy White
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Heatmap of Deaths
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Source: Georg Zoeller, “Game Development Telemetry” GDC 2010
Heatmap of Crashes
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Source: Georg Zoeller, “Game Development Telemetry” GDC 2010x
Crash Meter
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How do I…
Source: Georg Zoeller, “MMO Rapid Content Iteration” GDC Online 2011x
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Analytics in this class
gdiac.cs.cornell.edu
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Friction points
Source: Zombify, 2014
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Friction points
Source: Sleep Fighter, 2014
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Improvement across releases
Source: Sleep Fighter, 2014
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Improvement across releases
Source: That’s How We Roll, 2014
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Course Website http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/CS4154/2017fa/ Syllabus information is here Should be up-to-date within a 2-week horizon Check with me about dates further in the future
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Topic: Learner-centered Design
Source: Piotr Bugno https://www.behance.net/gallery/4434779/Portal-2-timelines
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Topic: Internet Telemetry
User 1
Session 1
Session 2
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Task 5
Action 1Action 2Action 3Action 1Action 2
Action 1
Action 1
Action 1Action 2
User 2 Session 1 Task 1 Action 1
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Topic: Online Experimentation
Hello Worlds
Refraction
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With audio, engagement...
A) increasedB) decreasedC) increased AND decreasedD) didn’t change
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With audio, engagement...
A) increasedB) decreasedC) increased AND decreasedD) didn’t change
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Topic: Statistical Analysis
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Topic: Visual Data Mining
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Topic: Games with a Purpose
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Game Requirements Web game Fun Novel Feasible Single-player
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Adobe Flash, 1996 - 2020
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Game Requirements
Deploy to Newgrounds and Kongregate In Haxe, HTML5, or Unity HaxeDevelop is a great free IDE for Haxe See website for help and resources
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2-week Development Cycles
Release / In-class playtesting
Postmortem report
Meet with TAs
Revise plan
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Semester ScheduleWeek 1 Form Groups 8/21Week 2 Paper Prototyping 8/28Week 3 Design Document 9/4Week 4 Throwaway Prototype 9/11Week 5 Development 9/18Week 6 Alpha Prototype 9/25Week 7 Development 10/2Week 8 Beta Prototype 10/9Week 9 Development 10/16
Week 10 Friends Release 10/23
Pre-production
Development
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Week 10 Friends Release 10/23Week 11 Friends Postmortem Report 10/30Week 12 Newgrounds Release 11/6Week 13 Newgrounds Postmortem Report 11/13Week 14 Thanksgiving 11/20Week 15 Kongregate Release 11/27Week 16 Final Postmortem Report 12/9
Semester Schedule
Release!
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Grading Game (60%)
Newgrounds Release (20%) Kongregate Release (40%)
Analytics (30%) Friends Postmortem Report (5%) Newgrounds Postmortem Report (10%) Final Postmortem Report (15%)
Participation (10%) Attendance, other submissions (10%)
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Game grades Opinion of the course staff
does it meet the requirements? is it fun? groundbreaking?
Evidence of real-world impact rating number of players average length of play return rate other impact (comments, walkthroughs, blog posts)
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Grade Characteristics Impact
A+ experience of a lifetime is featured, wins prizes,game of the week/month/year, hundreds of thousands of players
A-/A very fun, addictive, imaginative, polished
gets to front page, attracts external attention, tens of thousands of players
B/B+ sometimes fun, but lacks polish, minor flaws
good but not a standout, thousands of players
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Grade Impact
C+/B- complete and playable, but fun only occasionally, not original, clearly flawed, team ignored feedback
average, hundreds of players
Characteristics
C-/C complete, butnot playable, not fun, crashes
low, tens of players
F/D incomplete ones of players
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Analytics grades (reports) Does it meet the requirements? Are claims well-justified? Are there awesome charts and graphs?
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Grading Process
Group grade Individual grade
individual modifiers
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Individual modifiers Based on peer evaluations and observations of
course staff Two peer evaluations: middle and end of course
Being MVP will increase grade Slacking off will decrease grade Abandoning team will result in C/D/F
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Attendance Expected on all days Attendance taken on playtesting days:
1. Paper2. Throwaway3. Alpha4. Beta5. Friends6. Newgrounds7. Kongregate
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Please Drop Responsibly
You Your teammates
operating systems
!
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Work outside of class, per week
2-4 hours2%
5-8 hours20%
9-15 hours60%
16+ hours18%
Source: 2014 and 2015 course evaluations
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Players come in a burst If something goes wrong, you must deal with it
immediately
Releases are particularly intense
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Today Why should you take this class? How is this class structured? How will you be evaluated? What are the first assignments?
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Assignment 1: Updated Preferences
Your name Updated list of people you wish to work with Programmers: preferred programming language Designers: preferred design contributions Any other information you would like us to
consider Due: TODAY, Aug. 23rd, 11:59pm via CMS
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Assignments 2 & 3: Paper Prototypes
NOT GRADED! Will have Monday’s
class to work on this Prototype #1
due Wed 8/30 (11:00am) (submit a picture)
Prototype #2 due Fri 8/1 (11:00am) (submit a picture)
Zombify, 2014
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Mon Wed Fri
8/23Overview
8/25Mechanics and
Prototyping
8/28In-class Brainstorming
8/30Paper Prototyping 1
9/1Paper Prototyping 2
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Pair Activity