Comments on: My approach to game design http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/03/14/my-approach-to-game-design/ Press left mouse button to continue Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/03/14/my-approach-to-game-design/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Xoduz Sun, 10 May 2009 20:18:00 +0000 http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=454#comment-145 Thanks for the comments, and for the link =) I guess that means I'll have to actually keep writing stuff. =P Thanks for the comments, and for the link =) I guess that means I’ll have to actually keep writing stuff. =P

]]> By: Tesh http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/03/14/my-approach-to-game-design/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Tesh Fri, 08 May 2009 22:20:28 +0000 http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=454#comment-144 Nice article. I'm still musing about how I'd describe myself, but I'm definitely more of a holistic designer than a "slapdash and patch" designer. Oh, and I've finally added you to my blogroll. I'm such a slacker. Nice article. I’m still musing about how I’d describe myself, but I’m definitely more of a holistic designer than a “slapdash and patch” designer.

Oh, and I’ve finally added you to my blogroll. I’m such a slacker.

]]> By: Eolirin http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/03/14/my-approach-to-game-design/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Eolirin Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:25:50 +0000 http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=454#comment-143 I think I'm primarily a systems guy, at least in terms of how I think, but what I find most important is definitely experience. Everything else is subordinate to that; world is meaningless, story has no value, systems are lifeless, and player skill is irrelevant if there isn't a compelling experience that occurs in that magical space where they all intersect. I just wish I was better at it than I am. Because I'm disproportionately good at systems, I tend to see everything in terms of them, but being able to properly create experiences requires a more intuitive aesthetic sense than the highly analytical methods for designing systems. I'm not so far to the analytical side that it's impossible to get there, but it's harder than I'd like. I think I’m primarily a systems guy, at least in terms of how I think, but what I find most important is definitely experience. Everything else is subordinate to that; world is meaningless, story has no value, systems are lifeless, and player skill is irrelevant if there isn’t a compelling experience that occurs in that magical space where they all intersect.

I just wish I was better at it than I am. Because I’m disproportionately good at systems, I tend to see everything in terms of them, but being able to properly create experiences requires a more intuitive aesthetic sense than the highly analytical methods for designing systems. I’m not so far to the analytical side that it’s impossible to get there, but it’s harder than I’d like.

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