Clarke Steinback Ph.D. Video Game Design APCG 198 Fall 2006 Understanding Games

2006 Fall ->Video Game Design ->Assignments ->Understanding Games Understanding Games   Select a game.  It can be any game.  Write down a detailed description of the game describing it to someone who has never played the game. Select a totally different game.  Again write down a detailed description of the game describing it to someone who has never played the game. Compare your descriptions.  Think carefully about the underlying mechanics of the game. Which elements were different? Which elements are similar?   The goal of this exercise is to get you to begin thinking about the nature of games and to realize that games do share some common elements, no matter how dissimilar they may seem.  The common elements of these games are probably common to most, if not all games.  You need to recognize these elements to help understand games and how to design games. 2006 Fall Video Game Design Assignments Game Review Game Observation Game Review 2 Game Improvement Game Structure Game Player Element Battleship Sources of Game Ideas Game Objectives Challenge Game Objective Resource Outcome Core Gameplay Final Project Game Idea List Game Pitch Types of Players Understanding Games Calendar Syllabus Gradebook Web Page Design Portfolio Video Game Project

Assignments | Game Review | Game Observation | Game Review 2 | Game Improvement | Game Structure | Game Player Element | Battleship | Sources of Game Ideas | Game Objectives Challenge | Game Objective Resource Outcome | Core Gameplay | Final Project | Game Idea List | Game Pitch | Types of Players | Understanding Games 2006 Fall | Video Game Design | Web Page Design | Portfolio | Video Game Project CSU, Chico: Home | Admissions | Bookstore | Catalog | Schedule | Library | Help Applied Computer Graphics Program Department of Computer Science California State University, Chico Chico, CA 95929-0410 530.898.5418 ranger@ecst.csuchico.edu This page and its contents © 2006 Clarke Steinback Maintained by .  Developed by Diverse Network Associates, Inc. .