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Audio Artcle #158 – Machinations

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:26:41 +0000

Joris Dorman‘s has opened up his mind once again and created yet another incredibly in-depth and lengthy article that will no doubt shed light on many systems in design we take for granted and perhaps understand less than we should. With this understanding and framework that Joris creates designers can quantify aspects of their design enabling them to hone in on design goals and truly create the experience they are aiming for

Title: “Machinations“ – Original Article

Appendix: http://www.jorisdormans.nl/machinations/

Written by: Joris Dormans(www.jorisdormans.nl)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on November 12th, 2009

Audio Article #157(A+B): Immersion + Witnesses

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:08:55 +0000

Philippe Ringuette-Angrignon has returned to grace the IB with more insight, today dealing with two related topics. Firstly being that of immersion, some important do’s and don’ts for this all too important goal of game design. The second topic on the agenda is a theory on increasing the sense of agency in the game through in-game witnesses. Postulating that with an audience to witness the players activities, be it real or not, the level of agency will increase leading to a much better gaming experience.

Title A: “Immersion – Keeping the shadow puppeteer behind the screen” – Original Article

Title B: “Witnesses – Giving the player the impression that his actions matter” – Original Article

Written by: Philippe Ringuette-Angrignon (www.allegory-of-the-game.com )

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Oct 28th, 2009

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Audio Article #156: Designing and Integrating Puzzles in Action-Adventure Games

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:36:45 +0000

Veteran designer Pascal Luban is back again on Industrybroadcast.com, today we read his thoughts on the puzzle of puzzles,particularly in adventure games. A topic that is undercovered and vitally important to the quality of experience players have in these games.

Title: “Designing and Integrating Puzzles in Action-Adventure Games“ – Original Article

Written by: Pascal Luban (www.gamedesignstudio.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on October 16th 2009

Audio Article #155: Controlling Scope

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:36:36 +0000

Joe Ludwig, aka programmer Joe is back for some insight on a grand scale. Today we talk about the encompassing concept of scope in your game design and what you need to do to keep it in check. Because if you don’t, you can kiss your chances of every releasing something on time and on budget goodbye.

Title: “Controlling Scope“ – Original Article

Written by: Joe Ludwig(programmerjoe.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Oct 14th, 2009

Audio Article #154: How to Design online Crack

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:52:18 +0000

Daniel Cook indulges his evil side in today’s article as he details how game designers, breaking away from the traditional packaged goods model of making disposable games will play a more relevant role in more more of the sales process and how their designs will start reflected the actions of not just good game designers but also good businessmen/women.

Title: “How to design online Crack“ – Original Article

Written by: Daniel Cook(www.lostgarden.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Oct 13th, 2009

Audio Article #152: Player Freedom

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:55:13 +0000

It’s a great pleasure to read aloud the second excerpt from David Perry‘s new Book: David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox. Today we open the book to Chapter 17 as we look at various elements that create the perception of freedom for the player, just as importantly we highlight negative elements that can detract from this freedom if left unchecked.

Title: “Player Freedom” – Original Article

Book: David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox

Written by: David Perry (www.dperry.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Oct 7th, 2009

Audio Article #151: Tactical Play

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:02:11 +0000

Chris Bateman finishes off his thoughtful trilogy on Play Styles. We’ve covered Strategic Play, we’ve explored Logistical Play and now the Coup de grâce: Tactical Play. With this final installment we complete our understanding of the major play styles representational of our player base. With this understanding we are better able to cater a game experience to the tendencies of what our players, in the end making more enjoyable and better selling products

Title: “Tactical Play“ – Original Article

Book: Beyond_Game_Design: Nine Steps Towards Creating Better Videogames, by Course Technology PTR

Written by: Chris Bateman(www.ihobo.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Oct 2nd 2009

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Audio Article #150: Failure for Fun and Profit

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:47:08 +0000

Josh Sutphin is back to share a bit more insight into game design, this time talking about how we can look differently at failure, using it as a necessary tool and design it into our players experience.

Title: “Failure for Fun and Profit“ – Original Article

Written by: Josh Sutphin(thirdhelix.wordpress.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on Oct 1st, 2009

Audio Article #149: An examination of game temporality

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:19:52 +0000

Industry Broadcast is thrilled once again to be presenting another deep and insightful piece from Jesper Juul. Today we look closely at the relations between the linear, objective time of the player and the event time of the game world. By understanding the structure of time in games we can, paradoxically, find a way of understanding how the formal structure of a game feeds the more elusive player experience, in the end enabling us to expand upon the experience we are able to deliver.

Title: ‘Introduction to Game Time / Time to play – An examination of game temporality‘ – Original Article

Book: “Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds”

Written by: Jesper Juul (www.jesperjuul.net)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on September 22nd, 2009

IB Special: GDAM Round Table Discussion #1 – Single Play Sessions

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:55:13 +0000

So last month I had the pleasure of being a part of the IGDA Game Design Aspect of the Month discussion and with the permission of Sande Chen I am rebroadcasting this discussion for you all today. We discussed the topic of Single Play Sessions, asking ourselves what constitutes a single play session, what should we expect out of the players in a session and what are they expecting out of us?