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- 1. Game World Computer Games Martin Sillaots Aug 7 2019 #08 Game World
- 2. Game World • Art work • Visual stile • Entertaining element • Selling element
- 3. Game World Design Aspects • Physical • Time • Environmental and cultural • Emotional • Ethical
- 4. Physical Aspects • Spatial dimension • Scale • Borders
- 5. Spatial - 4th Dimension? http://www.universetoday.com/40977/4th-dimension/
- 8. Time Aspects of Game World • Time limits • Variable time • Anomalous time • Player adjusting time
- 10. Variable Time Climate Challenge - turn based game Time Mesh - time jumps
- 11. Anomalous Time Rise of an Empire time flows differently Age of Empires collecting berries takes years
- 12. Player Adjusting Time FIFA 2011
- 13. Environmental Aspects • Physical surrounding – Artwork – Style • Details • Cultural context
- 14. Details • Include as much detail as you can • Don’t harm gameplay Ludo Lauamangupood
- 15. Cultural Aspects • Beliefs • Attitudes • Values • Political • Religious • Social
- 16. Emotional Aspects • Players emotions • Through storytelling • Through socializing • Fun or Entertaining
- 17. Game Emotions • Thrill • Agony • Frustration • Greed • Control • Ambitious • Surprise • Fear
- 18. Ethical Aspects • Different from real world ethics • Kill bad, support good • Does videogames cause violence? Counter Strike Global OffenceAngry Birds
- 19. Mission # 8 Sketch your game world
- 20. Game World Mission Derails • Map or layout or model your game world • Sketch Spaces or locations (scenes) • Define paths and mission points (connections between scenes or challenges) • Allocate characters • Place items • Add names to the game world items
- 21. e.g. Sketch of Time Mesh WW2 Paris Chapter
- 22. e.g. Sketch of Time Mesh WW2 Warsaw Chapter
- 23. e.g. Sketch of Time Mesh WW2 Bletchley Chapter
- 24. e.g. Sketch of Time Mesh WW2 Ljubljana Chapter
Notes de l'éditeur
- Imaginary place Artificial universe Magic Circle Pretended place
- Player interacts with game world Art work – aesthetics, Important to casual players – entertaining element Core players focus on game play (forgot world)
- Spatial – 2; 2,5; 3; 4 (Frodo ring in the finger ???) Scale – size of the world and items Borders – what to do when player reach to the edge?
- Frodo ring in the finger?
- Scale – size of the world and items Civilization – strategy game
- Borders – what to to when player reach to the edge? Flapping flat - http://tjstreaksnotsonaughtysims.blogspot.com/2011/10/experimental-flat-distant-terrain.html Sphere illusion - https://www.garagegames.com/community/forums/viewthread/49354 Mission points - http://www.eagerdepot.com/mission-spawn-points.html
- Nights, seasons are missing (maybe for atmosphere) - Slenderman - night ON NEXT SLIDE Time limits – only for short missions Variable time time jumps turn based Anomalous time – time flows differently in different game items – tree grows faster than time spent for producing weapon (The Settlers: Rise of an Empire) - short actions last longer – collecting berries takes years (Age of Empires) – symbolic meaning Player adjusting time – good for testing - Needed casual players
- Time limits – only for short missions or puzzles
- – time flows differently for different game items – tree grows faster than time spent for producing weapon (The Settlers: Rise of an Empire) - short actions last longer – collecting berries takes years (Age of Empires) – symbolic meaning - Sims – cleaning room takes weeks?
- – good for testing Needed casual players FIFA 2011 – shorten the half time
- Appearance Atmosphere Style: Nature of items (e.g. time period - medieval) Outlook of items (e.g. presentation stile - Bosh) – creates atmosphere
- How rich the world will be? Level of realism Available design time and machine resources Puzzle picture – find items starting with K, as much as possible.
- Reflected through items Backstory People in the game. What are their:
- Some emotions are not fun. jealousy, anger, sorrow, guilt What about making sad game? – Entertaining YES, Not fun. Slender
- Thrill - victory Agony – losing Frustration – challenges Greed – business simulations Control - Power Surprise Fear
- What is right and what is wrong? Part of game culture America’s Army – recruiting tool Violence is part of human nature Question – how to portrait violence in the game? How realistic it is?