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Learning Game Development

Presentation highlights the Top Six Lessons from Learning Game Development.

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Learning Game Development

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  1. Learning Game Development 6 Lessons

  2. LESSON 1 BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN ABOUT THE GAME OBJECTIVE

  3. Make sure to tie down to a singular objective; One that is achievablegiven the game mechanics

  4. Eliminate game mechanics that do not explicitly tie to the outcome

  5. LESSON 2 THE GAME ENVIRONMENT NEEDS TO BE DYNAMIC

  6. Even in non-play condition, the game environment must still change

  7. There must be some penalization of the player for not making moves

  8. LESSON 3 BE SURE OF HOW YOU SCORE PLAYERS

  9. Decide on what variables the score will depend

  10. Decide what clearly defines a winning score

  11. Decide how the system will compute it

  12. Work out the formulae to calculate the score right at the beginning

  13. Ensure that the player understands how actions in the game relate to an increase/decrease in score

  14. LESSON 4 INCLUDE A HOW-TO-PLAY

  15. Do not take the game play experience of other stakeholders for granted

  16. Right from prototyping stage include instructions on how to play the game

  17. LESSON 5 DESIGN IS ONE THING; DEVELOPMENT IS ANOTHER

  18. Know the budget and timelines and tailor your game design around it

  19. Be practical during development. Do not get carried away by the vision of the game designer

  20. LESSON 6 PLAY TEST EARLY, PLAY TEST OFTEN

  21. To avoid incurring huge costs on play testing, use paper prototypes that model game-play

  22. Play-test all through design and development Read More

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