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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 Donkey Kong
Platforming, Terrain Deformation, themed levels, health system, levelling system, collectables, end of level bosses, co-op play, musical theme, bonus levels, transformations, real time map.
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
Donkey Kong Bananza
What is the Win Condition?
Progress through layers, Overcoming the Void Company and reach the Core
What is the Lose Condition?
Loss of Health
What is the Play Area?
Ingot Isle progressing underground
What are the other game rules?
Terrain is mostly destructible
Everything costs a resource (gold, bananas, tokens)
Special abilities are limited
Progress through the game is gatewayed via layers, sub-bosses and main area bosses
The world is full of secrets
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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