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Kishotenketsu is a narrative structure, but it has

Kishotenketsu is a narrative structure, but it has been widely used in videogames to explain and cement the knowledge of the game’s mechanics.

A classic example is Super Mario Bros., but what about a classic RTS like Warcraft III?

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Maybe you don’t know it, but in the olden days,

Maybe you don’t know it, but in the olden days, I was a professional musician.

I’ve found myself mentoring young people lately, about the age I was when I started thinking about going full-time into game design. I’ve found that some of them have the same theoretical problems that my music students faced

Want to know more about it? Head to our blog to read our latest article on how to avoid the most common pitfalls when learning game design!

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What’s the opposite of constraints? That’s rig

What’s the opposite of constraints? That’s right. Scope/Feature Creep! That is when you start adding more and more things to your game, and in the end you end up so burnt that the game never get released.

Use this 5 design constraints or create your own to be more creative, reduce feature creep and more importantly, releasing your game!

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How are you approaching your tutorials? Tutorials

How are you approaching your tutorials? Tutorials are oftentimes the biggest gate of your game. A bad tutorial can break or make a game. Are you giving your players enough guidance? More importantly, are you making them actually DO something? Even with “different learning styles” (which is a doubtful and mostly refuted theory), the deeper the engagement with the knowledge, the better the understanding and performance.

Even board games can benefit from this. Board games like “Root” by @ledergames includes a tutorial that teach the mechanics by “playing” them, not just reading them.

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Do you wonder how some games can keep you playing

Do you wonder how some games can keep you playing for hours that seem like minutes? Having a good time (in almost any situation) depends on pacing. If you are too much time on a slow situation you’ll become bored, and a situation requiring constant quick reactions will make you tired very fast. That’s why changes in pace are the best way to keep your players enjoying your game for a long time, not just one session. As an important extra, a game with changes of pace will allow you to deliver your message clearly to your players. Give your players a chance to think and they’ll love your game.

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A few posts back I talked about giving affordances

A few posts back I talked about giving affordances to your players, but what if you create affordances for yourself, as a game designer?

Take common objects and mechanics and put them on their feet, giving them new life and new uses. That’s the gist of creativity!

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What if… Thanks for your words of wisdom, Miyamo

What if… Thanks for your words of wisdom, Miyamoto-san.

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Level Design is an interesting part of the design

Level Design is an interesting part of the design of the game. While thoroughly applied on action, RPG and platform games, knowing level design can give you a different perspective on game design, it doesn’t matter if you are a systems designer, an environment artist or a game designer.

Level Design is what results when the concepts of game design are applied to the game, so it’s critical to get it right. A great level design will make the game design shine, while a bad level design will obscure the design of the game, and therefore, most of its fun.

Don’t lose your time and check these 3 books. While different on their premise, all 3 take the highly practical work of the level design and translate it to applicable principles and how-tos.

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Is Game Design Art or Not? What’s your opinion?

Is Game Design Art or Not? What’s your opinion?

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What is Design? . #GameDesignThinking #GameDesi

What is Design?

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As promised, the explanation of signifiers. As aut

As promised, the explanation of signifiers. As author Don Norman puts it in his book “The Design of Everyday Things”, many designers approach him saying that they were going to “put an affordance” to indicate how users should interact with the object. This is not correct: remember that affordances are relationships, not properties.

To nudge your players and signaling how they should interact with your game, you should design signifiers. These are common signs and indications that your players can use to navigate your game with ease. If you add multiple signifiers, you are increasing the chances that your players will understand your design at a glance.

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