Games Creation II

1. Getting Started with Game Lab – Skills and game design

The concept of an informal design process
Explore the Game Lab, and what it can be used for
Overview of basic programming structures and navigation

2. The informal process of game design

Developing a game idea
Replicate an existing game
Replicating an environment
Testing
Refinement
Create a simple game

3. Rapid Prototyping

Modify or build upon existing games.
You can look at the code of any game and see how it was done.
Copy and paste code from one project to another.
Use programming recipes to implement specific elements.
Build a complex game

4. Game Mechanics – designing challenge and engagement

Developing game objectives
MDA (Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics) Framework as a formal approach to understanding games;
Objects of your game.
Various attributes of the objects.
Various states of each object
Actions
Building game rules, objectives and goals
Project : Analyzing an existing Game Objectives

5. The Game Experience – Theme and Story

The game space
Examining characters and worlds
Building atmosphere
Playtesting games and reward systems

6. Pushing the Boundaries – puzzles and probability

We’ll explore Skills vs. Chance
Head vs. Hands
Cooperation between bots