Game Design I
READING WEEK
GAME DESIGN CONTENT SUGGESTION (November 2023)
- PROTOTYPE https://ltpf.ramiismail.com/
prototypes-and-vertical-slice/ - GAME DESIGN HOOK https://modecollapse.substack.
com/p/play-to-the-audience-1- the-catch - BY DESIGN - about BG3, with the devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=4IaCcTD_wKk - ASK DEVS - interview about new Mario - https://www.nintendo.co.uk/
News/2023/October/Ask-the- Developer-Vol-11-Super-Mario- Bros-Wonder-Chapter-1-2460393. html - extra credits How Video Games Use Supermarket Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Gd5E6uRIWds - Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good? | Design Delve https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=y18vswHjyB4 - LETS Talk about Ideas (Fallout Designer) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HqCe8tS47jg - interesting podcast with devs w https://www.thefourthcurtain.
com/
GAME DESIGN BOOK SUGGESTION FOR THE COURSE
- approachable https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/elements-of-game-design
- juicy&theoretical https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262195362/the-game-design-reader
- analytical https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262542692/characteristics-of-games
- exhaustive https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262240451/rules-of-play
- stimulative https://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-Book-Lenses/dp/0123694965
- too easy https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Design-Raph-Koster/dp/1449363210
- practical https://www.amazon.com/Game-Design-Workshop-Playcentric-Innovative/dp/1138098779