Character Web
A Character Web Schell (2015) (pg. 356-357) is a story writing tool for creating strong character relationships. You simply write down what each character thinks …
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Interpersonal Circumplex
A tool brought from the world of social psychology by Katherine Isbister, in which you draw a diagram with 2 axes: friendliness and dominance and …
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Transmedia Worlds
Discussed by Schell and coined by Henry Jenkins, refers to a world that can be "entered" through many different types of media Schell (2015) (pg …
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Indirect Control
A game designer can exert indirect control of the player through constraints, goals, visual interfaces, game characters; and sound and music. An important part of …
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The Story Machine
One of the two methods of story telling in games. The game isn't designed with a specific story, but a unique one is generated each …
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Interest Curve
An Interest Curve refers to the guest's interest over time during an experience (game, book, movie etc). The ideal interest curve usually involves an initial …
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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 …
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Lua Coroutines
Coroutines in Lua are related to Generators (Python). They allow a function to be written to return intermittantly using the
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Doubling or Halving as a Game Balancing Technique
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 …