Game Design – Week 13 – Changes

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“The successful free to play games are selling positive emotions. Not content.” – Nicholas Lovell

“It should be the experience, that is touching. What I strive for is to make the person playing the game the director.” – Shigeru Miyamoto

SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
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PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

• Set a timer for 30 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Continue with either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript (Construct 3 / PlayCanvas) or C# (Unity)  (NOT BOTH)

Construct 3 – Javascript

• https://www.sololearn.com/Course/JavaScript/
• Write the latest lesson you have completed this week
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Unity – C#

• https://www.sololearn.com/Course/CSharp/
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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 60 minutes
• Learn about MDA (Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics)
  • MDA is a formal approach to game design and game research
  • This can help you do the analysis of games
  • Read the MDA Framework (PDF)
  • Explore MDA Framework at Wikipedia
  • Watch Aesthetics of Play – Redefining Genres in Gaming – Extra Credits
  • Watch Combining Genres – How to Pick the Right Design Mechanics For Your Game – Extra Credits
• Under the Notes Heading, below, for each: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics
  • Create a heading for Eight Type of Aesthetics
  • Copy and past the eight from the MDA Framework at Wikipedia
  • Take notes on each of the three elements of MDA

MDA Notes

• Mechanics
• Dynamics
• Aesthetics

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes
• According to Wikipedia:
  • Mechanics are the base components of the game – its rules, every basic action the player can take in the game, the algorithms and data structures in the game engine etc.
  • Dynamics are the run-time behavior of the mechanics acting on player input and “cooperating” with other mechanics.
  • Aesthetics are the emotional responses evoked in the player.

Brainstorm Ideas for Each of the Eight Categories

• At least one idea per category, but feel free to add more you your favorite categories
• Write a short sentence for each idea with these three elements included in each description
  • Someone or thing fighting/struggling against Someone or thing for Someone or thing

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1. Sensation (Game as sense-pleasure): The player enjoys memorable audio-visual effects.
   • Place idea here…
2. Fantasy (Game as make-believe): Imaginary world.
   • Place idea here…
3. Narrative (Game as drama): A story that drives the player to keep coming back
   • Place idea here…
4. Challenge (Game as obstacle course): Urge to master something. Boosts a game’s replayability.
   • Place idea here…
5. Fellowship (Game as social framework): A community where the player is an active part of it. Almost exclusive for multiplayer games.
   • Place idea here…
6. Discovery (Game as uncharted territory): Urge to explore the game world.
   • Place idea here…
7. Expression (Game as self-discovery): Own creativity. For example, creating a character resembling player’s own avatar.
   • Place idea here…
8. Submission (Game as pastime): Connection to the game, as a whole, despite of constraints.
   • Place idea here…

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

 

• Set a timer
• Spend 30 minutes in this ‘room’

• Review the Challenging Automatic Negative Thoughts Worksheet infographic for 10 minutes (Click for larger PDF version)
  • If you want, read more at bananatreelog.com/blog/challenging-cognitive-distortions
• Then review these ‘6 steps will help in reframing negative thoughts and over time your thoughts will be replaced with more rational thinking.’
  1. Recognize and Isolate the Thought
  2. Write Down the Thought
  3. Identify the Distress Level
  4. Identify the Cognitive Distortion (view PDF)

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  5. Challenge & Reframe Your Thoughts
  6. Reevaluate the Distress Level

• Go for a 10-minute walk, if it is safe to do so 
  • Reflect on this ‘simple way to overcome negative automatic thinking by challenging and reframing the thoughts in a positive way.’
• Writing a small paragraph reflection for 10 minutes
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STUDIO (CREATIVITY)

• Set a timer
• Spend 30 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Read the Construct Manual Sections
    • Home
    • Getting started
    • Overview
    • Interface
    • Project primitives
    • Tips & guides
    • Behavior reference
    • Plugin reference
    • System reference
    • Scripting
  • 
• Write a couple sentence description of what you learned
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CONTROL ROOM (PRODUCTION)

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• Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’
• Read How to collaborate on Construct projects with GitHub
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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

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• In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
  • Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
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