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Lesson aims: To be able to identify the difference between a game and an activity and to start to analyse games to understand what makes them a game.
Lesson aims: To be able to identify the difference between a game and an activity and to start to analyse games to understand what makes them a game.
What game have you played recently?
What game have you played recently?
Think of a game you have played recently?
Let's go around the room and all you are going to do is remind me of your name and what game you have played recently.
Identifying the features of the game
Identifying the features of the game
Features of Splatoon Raiders
Shooting, Powers, Collecting Loot, Health system, Levelling System, end of level bosses, co-op play, Pirate Theme, Raids, Outfits
Task
Task
List the features of you game
Be ready to offer some examples
What are the universal features of a video game
What are the universal features of a video game
Graphics Menus Story
Sound Effects Progression Play Area
Music Difficulty considerations
Interaction Characters
Game Over Environments
Obstacles to overcome Controls
Objectives Limits
What features to board games, video games and RPG's have in common?
What features to board games, video games and RPG's have in common?
Win Condition Interactivity
Lose Condition Game Feedback
Rules of Play Conflict/Competition
Play Area Fun/Entertaining
Player agreement (Magic Circle)
Magic Circle - This is the imaginary boundary around a game where a specific, shared set of rules and social standards apply, creating a distinct, fictional reality for the game.
https://andrewfischergames.com/blog/the-magic-circle
How would you define a game?
How would you define a game?
Game Definition
"The meaning of GAME is a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game
Excellent Article about - 'What is a game'
Game Rules
When thinking about the game rules of your game, think of them like design principles. In other words what were the limits and balances the designs had to put into the game.
Game Analysis
Game Analysis
Asking questions about the game
Answering questions help you understand the game
Splatoon Raiders
What is the Win Condition?
Progress through layers, completing horde mode style levels within a time limit
What is the Lose Condition?
Loss of Health, or Run out of time
What is the Play Area?
Spirhalite Islands, each level being a limited arena
What are the other game rules?
Everything can be levelled up
There are multiple resources to collect
There is co-op play with friends or without
The combat is chess like, similar to Doom
Playstyle can be confgured to suite each gamer
Task - Game Analysis
Task - Game Analysis
Using the game you named at the beginning of the class, perform and analysis and answer the following questions
What is the Win Condition?
What is the Lose Condition?
What is the Play Area?
What are the other game rules?
Research Task
Research Task
Perform some secondary research using the internet on different way to define a game.
Collect the web addresses as references for now
Write a short few sentences on what information you got from each of the sites
Get a minimum of 3 websites
Writing up the session
Writing up the session
Write a paragraph or two on what you have learnt from this lesson
Features of Games
How to define a game
Summary of your analysis
Summary of the Game research
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