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Tynan Sylvester's Blog   Expert Blogs

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.

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Skill Ceiling  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tynan Sylvester on Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:53:00 EST in Game Design
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?
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A New Word for Game
Posted by Tynan Sylvester on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:38:00 EDT in Game Design
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.
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Mutual Storytellers  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tynan Sylvester on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:09:00 EST in Game Design
The best thing about the old tabletop role-playing games is the Game Master concept. wonder if we can make this work in games?
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Tynan Sylvester's Comments

Comment In: DICE 2012: Culture, pride lead to success at Skyrim maker Bethesda [News - 02/08/2012 - 11:44]

They didn't do external focus ...

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 ...

Comment In: Design success means knowing what to do with feedback [News - 02/06/2012 - 05:36]

To be a game designer ...

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 ...

Comment In: What do we mean by "elegance" in games? [Blog - 01/29/2012 - 08:04]

Elegance means efficiency. It means ...

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.

Comment In: California taxpayers reimburse ESA $1.3M after SCOTUS defeat [News - 01/26/2012 - 12:47]

There is no law prohibiting ...

There is no law prohibiting minors from seeing R rated movies. That's a restriction voluntarily imposed by the film industry, not a government action.

Comment In: Postmortem: Mode 7 Games' Frozen Synapse [Feature - 01/25/2012 - 04:25]

I think their focus on ...

I think their focus on perfecting the core of the game really paid off. This sounds like a well-thought-out and well-run process. Great work.

Comment In: HBO considers fictional game development drama series [News - 01/23/2012 - 09:26]

If it's based on the ...

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.

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