Notes by Lex Toumbourou

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 …

Schell talks about the importance of meaningful choices in games: for example, if you can choose between 10 cars in a racing game, but they …

BodyForce in Roblox will apply a force to a part with the magnitude and velocity specified in world coordinates. By setting workspace.Gravity to 0 …

One of the two methods of story telling in games. It involves a pre-scripted, linear story interupted by free play (challenges, puzzles etc). Notable examples …

Schell describes a type of choice in game that is high-risk / high-reward. For example, choosing to shoot the space ship in Space Invaders or taking …

Schell says that the best games have unified themes in which every element of the game: mechanics, aesthetics, technology and story, each support the theme …

We add two Vectors together by adding the corresponding components.

$\vec{a}+\vec{b}=\left[\begin{array}{c}{a}_1\\ a_2\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{c}{b}_1\\ b_2\end{array}\right]=[\begin{array}{c}{a}_1+b_{\mathrm{1\; \dots }}\end{array}$

We subtract one Vector from another by subtracting the corresponding components.

$\vec{a}-\vec{b}=\left[\begin{array}{c}{a}_1\\ a_2\end{array}\right]-\left[\begin{array}{c}{b}_1\\ b_2\end{array}\right]=[\begin{array}{c}{a}_1-b_{\mathrm{1\; \dots }}\end{array}$

The Rule of Loop can be summarised in one quote:

"The more times you test and improve your design, the better your game will be …

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