I'm a game designer. Professionally, I focus on FPS games. I like to write articles about design ideas from time to time. My main site is at tynansylvester.com.
A way to measure the depth of games: Answer this question: How much can a player theoretically improve their skill at this game before there is no way to get better?
I don’t like lugging around the cultural legacy of Space Invaders whenever I try to explain to laypeople exactly what I’ve chosen to spend my life creating.
They didn't do external focus testing actually playtesting . But they did do it internally. In a 100-person studio, it's not that hard to find 50 people who haven't played a given sequence. They're not quite as useful as real naive testers, but you can get a hell of a ...
To be a game designer is to be wrong. -Soren Johnson Compares well with The first draft of anything is shit. -Ernest Hemingway --- You've covered it well here, Soren. Let me just add a thought. The more testing I do the more I feel like it's about watching more ...
Elegance means efficiency. It means doing a lot with little. In sciences, it's a simple theory that explains many complex observations. In games, it's a simple mechanic or game that creates many rich, varied experiences.
If it's based on the documentary, perhaps not. And if it is a misconception, take heart: usually TV makes its characters look as glamorous as possible. For example, I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually as interesting working in an ad agency in the 60's as everyone seems to believe.
