making a game: how to start
DESCRIPTION
When designing a game, there are so many options and possibilities, where do you start? - Constraints - Technology - Simulation - Story - Mood - Mutation - Combination - Subtraction Talk by @metasynthie on 9/9/2013 @hacknjill Build'n Play Park 1.TRANSCRIPT
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How to Start
Naomi Clark · Hack'n Jill Build'n Play
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Hi Ther
e!
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Game Design…or that freeloading “idea person” on your hackathon
team
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Where do you
begin?
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• Begin by setting constraints
• Begin with technology
• Begin by representing some part of your world
• Begin by telling a story
• Begin with a mood, feeling or phrase
• Begin with another game
• Begin by adding things together
• Begin by subtracting
A beginning is a delicate time.
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ConstraintsBUSINE
SS MODEL
PLATFORM
AUDIENCE
SCOPE OF
PRODUCTION
MESSAGE
TALENT
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Technology
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Technology
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Simulation
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Simulation
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Simulation
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Simulation
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Story
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Story
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Wisps of Idea
Cooperating
Wordlessness
Pilgrimage
Walking in sand
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Wisps of Idea
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Mutation
Colors, not
Shapes
Swapping, not falling
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Mutation
3DEasy
to Start
Single
Avatar
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Mutation
Multiple Helpers
Tasks, not Customers
Story of Relationshi
ps
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Mutation
Nine Games at
Once
Constrained Moves
Force Opponent to
Move
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Combination
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Combination
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Combination
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Subtraction
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Subtraction
-=
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