COMU346 Introduction To Game Interface Design
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COMU346 Introduction To Game Interface Design
- 1. Game Design 2 Lecture 1: Game Interface Design
- 2. Important Stuff • 20 credits • 50% Coursework • 50% Exam (2 hr) • Coursework given out around week 5* • Will be using Adobe Flash CS3 for labs. • http://www.comu346.com *probably
- 3. Who am I? • David Farrell • CS @ Strathclyde • Games @ Caledonian • Dare to be Digital • e-Bug • dfarrell@davidlearnsgames.com
- 4. Dare to be Digital
- 13. Game Interface? • Menus • Hud • Data (abstracted?) • Interaction
- 14. ‘main’ menus
- 17. in-game menus
- 21. “any transparent display that presents data without requiring the user to look away from his or her usual viewpoint.” Wikipedia article on Heads Up Display, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display, 2009
- 26. data communication and abstraction
- 31. interaction
- 34. Design?
- 35. “Design is the process by which a designer creates a context to be encountered by a participant, from which meaning emerges.” Salen and Zimmerman, Rules of Play, page 41, SAGE Publications, 2004
- 36. These make sense. The design says “push me”.
- 37. This make sense. The handle (and all that text) says “pull me”.
- 38. But what the heck do you do here? For a bonus point: Have you seen this design mistake on campus?
- 39. Is this good design?
- 40. Is this good design?
- 41. Design is used to communicate with the player.
- 42. This game has many many many combos... ...but did anyone learn them?
- 43. So what next?
- 44. Lectures • data visulisation • communication with the player • menu design and flow • semiotics
- 45. Tutorials • play games • find examples of learning outcomes • discuss how to improve • practice designing interfaces • ‘paper’ prototyping
- 46. Labs • Learn how to use Adobe Flash CS3 to create interfaces • Learn Actionscript 3 basics • Learn how to combine the two to create script driven interfaces.
- 47. Contact • dfarrell@davidlearnsgames.com • http://www.comu346.com • What do you want? • If you want to meet in person: • Monday, Tuesday or Friday