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游戏设计原理

1064 個評分

Michigan State University

游戏设计原理

1064 個評分

課程 2（共 5 門，Specialization Game Design and Development）

你可能有一个伟大的游戏创意，但吧想法变成现实不能只知道运用工具。在这个课程中，你将练习如何将游戏的概念转变为设计文档，实现原型以及进行测试。在游戏设计的整个过程中会涉及到许多因素，其中包含以下方面如：产生创意、故事、角色、游戏世界的构建、游戏机制、关卡设计以及用户体验设计。你将会探索如何为你的玩家设计有意义的体验。在这个课程结束时，学员将会完成一份游戏的高概念文档、一页的蓝图、一份实体的原型、提案及辅助设计文档，来将你头脑里的一个想法转变为一份具体、可实施的设计。

從本節課中

Getting Started with Game Design

Let's be honest, the process of game design is pretty ambiguous. It is about 90% awesome and 10% terror. As a game designer, you will create things that other people will actually (hopefully) play. Those players will have both positive and negative things to say about your game. It is important to get a sense of what the game design process looks like. In this first module of Principles of Game Design you will create a "High Concept" document for your game. You will develop your own game idea leveraging the "Design | Play | Experience" (DPE) model and work to understand your role as game designer.

Ideation: A Curious Mind9:07

Ideation: Structured Brainstorming8:46

Ideation: Another Activity...6:14

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Casey O'Donnell
Associate Professor
Media and Information

[MUSIC]

So again, I know some of you are going, oh, another activity.

Oh, yes, we're still in ideation, and yes, it's another activity.

But it's supposed to provide structure, and as I said, there's a system to this.

We're not just making you do busy work, trust me.

So I wanna talk about idea cards.

And idea cards, so I prefer Post-It notes, and colored Post-It notes are my favorite.

Maybe you use index cards.

Maybe you take and tear up pieces of colored paper.

It doesn't really matter how you do this activity.

But you just need to be able to distinguish between a noun,

an adjective and a verb.

And that's actually important, because believe it or

not, verbs in particular, action words,

are things that you're gonna need to pay attention to because they're actually

linked to game mechanics, the kinds of actions that a player can take in a game.

So that's one of the reasons why we're doing this.

As I said, there's structure to this.

Take a bunch of Post-It notes or piece of paper, it doesn't matter, and write

a single word on each one of those Post-It notes or on each one of those cards.

So in this case, maybe I'm using yellow, orange and blue.

It doesn't matter if you're using yellow, pink and anyway, it's your call.

But just know which one's which.

So but again, you need a noun, an adjective and a verb.

The next thing you need to do is mix your cards up.

Mix them up.

Pick randomly.

I don't care how you do it.

Maybe you put numbers on them and you roll the dice.

Maybe you can, this would be an actual game design opportunity,

figure out how you're gonna play with this system, because it is yours.

Mix up those cards, pick one of each.

If you make a creative statement out of them, write it down.

Maybe you find some really funny ones.

Post them on the forums.

Again, this is the process by which you can start to come up with ideas.

Continue to mix them.

What kind of interesting phrases are there?

So as you've got a noun, an adjective and a verb,

you can really start to explore kinds of activities that a player would take.

And maybe you find a really interesting one.

Because I know entire games that are built around the idea of maybe just

running and jumping.

There's a great game called Canabalt where you're running and

buildings start to collapse, and your goal is to jump from building to building, and

it's an endless runner.

It actually kind of defined the modern age of endless runners.

Well, I won't say they invented it, because something like

Spy Hunter on the Nintendo was kind of like an endless runner.

But they probably didn't know that at the time.

But anyway, what kind of ideas do you have?

The reason we're thinking about these is because it's important.

I also want to talk about working with others, because the truth is,

as I said, it's great that here on Coursera maybe you're working alone.

You're exploring your own personal game design space.

That's good, but eventually you are gonna have to work with others.

And so when you're talking about brainstorming with others, you really need

to learn how to interact with one another because it's an important part of this.

And so one of the things that we say is, well, meet each other well.

You need to introduce yourselves and you need to see one another as equal,

not somebody that you're being forced to work with or somebody who's

possibly stupid or not interesting, or why am I talking to this person?

You really need to kind of meet each other well.

And talk about, is there a problem that you're trying to solve?

Is there a goal that you have?

What's the purpose of your brainstorming session?

No idea is bad.

You need to really run with the rule yes and, not no but.

Yes and, accept ideas.

It's okay, the bad ones are gonna fall to the wayside.

The good ideas really do percolate up.

And so during brainstorming, your goal shouldn't be, oh, that's so stupid.

Because that doesn't help the person who threw out that idea.

This is ideation, we're throwing ideas out there.

So it's not about identifying bad ideas.

It's about identifying good ideas.

The truth is, and particularly in design, that diversity in ideas actually matters.

So look for different perspectives, look for different views.

Maybe somebody has a new and

original take on an idea that you at first are kind of like, that seems really weird.

But maybe it's exactly that weirdness that makes it interesting.

Take what is interesting or special about that idea, and really reiterate on it.

Maybe there's something to be found there.

Oftentimes we react strangely to really interesting design ideas when they come

along the first time.

The other thing to keep in mind is, while we're providing structure,

as designers, you need to start thinking about how to vary the structure.

Try in different ways.

Maybe you let somebody lead a discussion.

Maybe you lead a discussion.

Maybe you let somebody else.

Maybe you follow along.

You need to vary the structure.

And again, it's about rapid iteration and then later coming back to those ideas and

synthesizing them, really sort of letting them cultivate over time.

Most game designers I know carry around notebooks or

they take notes on their phones.

But a lot of them like paper because you can scribble and doodle.

And even in architecture they talk about the importance of napkin sketches

in the process of design.

And so I think you need to think about that, too.

How do you keep track of your creative process?

But you really do need to write those ideas down.

And I think most importantly is, more is better.

In the process of ideation there are going to be things that fall to the wayside.

You need a lot of ideas.

Search for them, find them.

The next part is you're gonna been start talking about these things, writing them

down, getting other people interested in them, because once you find that nugget,

you're gonna be really excited about it and start to run with it.

[MUSIC]

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