Goal Of A Game Interface
Schell says that the goal of a game interface is to "make players feel in control of their experience." 1
We achieve this with immediate …
Schell says that the goal of a game interface is to "make players feel in control of their experience." 1
We achieve this with immediate …
Coroutines in Lua are related to Generators (Python). They allow a function to be written to return intermittantly using the yield()
function call on the …
A game balancing trick that Schell attributes to design Brian Reynolds (who in term attributes to Sid Meier): when tuning values to balance a game …
Schell says that a game economy is defined as simply: how players spend and earn money. He says a successful game economy has meaningful answers …
The opposite of innate complexity (in which complex rules need to be learned in order to play) and a desired property of a game. Arises …
Strategic actions that are "not part of the rules" but "that emerge naturally as the game is played". You can encourage emergent gameplay by adding …
Schell says that "the power of variable rewards over fixed ones has been proven in thousands of psychological experiences" (though no experiments were referenced). The …
Schell quotes Designer David Perry's key to addictive games: games should be designed so that players are doing 3 things at a time: exercising a …
The 50% rule states that you should plan such that if 50% of your budget were removed, you'd still have a shippable game. Then use …
When designing games, make sure you have clearly stated your problem statement including constraints and assumptions first. That will ensure that you have the full …