How do you intend to incorporate this into game design Regardless of the validity of the idea, what are the applications to design Personally I don't think perception feeds experience. I think perception is experience. Think in terms of the experience you want. What helps create that experience Well that ...
It depends a lot on the game. The structure you discuss is good for an open ended RPG such as Fallout 3 or Oblivion. In most other games, I do not think the player ought to have any control of what the character will become, such as any Zelda game. ...
As Jay said lets focus on making better games first. Singling out a few people from a team to be the official face of the project could create tension, people will begin to wonder Is my work less important because I wasn't chosen to represent the game Again, that's an ...
Second, unlike any other storytelling medium, interactive entertainment almost always subordinates narrative to interactivity -- and in most cases this is the right decision. The net effect, however, is that the inherent strengths of narrative are undermined, and story becomes more backdrop than centerpiece. That is the problem. But narrative ...
how is it that Logan has so many examples to point to of great games that are either cut or under appreciated I think it may actually have a lot to do with marketing, in addition to all the things Logan mentioned in his article. It is a very tricky ...
In game design, you cannot argue about ideas, because creative ideas are arbitrary and subjective by nature. Hence the many pathologies. If you want this to change, you need to shift focus away from sheer ideas. What is design about except ideas Of course being creative doesn't mean an idea ...
