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游戏设计导论

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California Institute of the Arts

游戏设计导论

1304 個評分

課程 1（共 5 門，Specialization Game Design: Art and Concepts）

Welcome! This course is an introduction to the primary concepts of gaming, and an exploration of how these basic concepts affect the way gamers interact with our games. In this course you will understand what defines a “game” and the mechanics and rules behind different types of games. Through four linked assignments you'll learn ways to create and describe a game concept, and specifically what makes a compelling game. This course focuses on the conceptual underpinnings of games, and all assignments can be completed with a pencil and paper – no previous programming knowledge is required.

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Week 3: Tell a Story

How does narrative drive a player to start playing your game? Or to finish it? This week we'll look at some of the ways you can make your game more compelling with story, and discuss some of the ways story can drive gameplay forward, or enable a player to make their own way through it.

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Fran Krause
Faculty, Character Animation
School of Film/Video

Now it's time for this weeks assignment.

We're going to take our games and think about adding to their story.

They're looking great so far, but is there a way you can get your audience even more

involved with your game, using a little story?

If there is a story already, is there a way you can improve it?

Here's some questions you can ask yourself as you're working, or

if you feel that you're running into problems.

What is my story?

If you start off with a game with just a simple path, but

in one version you're running from monsters, and

in another you're competing in an auto race, each one of those stories will

lead to different problems and solutions as you make your game.

What is my story doing to affect my game?

What is my story doing to affect my character?

Does the story change the way a player might act?

For instance, if I make a game and the main character's a werewolf,

would that change my player reacted to pictures of full moons and silver bullets?

Are the players discovering things as they go through your game?

Meaning what do they learn at the start, the middle, and at the end of your game?

What are they learning about the world and the challenges along the way?

Are there parts of your story that can be removed without changing your story?

If there's something that if you were to remove it,

your game still feels just as good, maybe you should remove it.

Remember, every element you add, is another thing that has to be designed,

programmed and tested.

Simplicity can really help.

If you show your game to a friend, and

then ask them to tell the story back to you, what do they say?

That one can be really helpful,

since your game might not be communicating what you think.

Sometimes you can be really surprised when you find out your game is communicating

something totally different than what you intended.

So, that's all for this week, good luck with your assignments.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.

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