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Happy to be back at LudoNarraCon this year, which starts later today!
Our talk "Very Different Tales" is up first - come watch Jesse Schell, Deborah Hendersen and I talk about the many different ways that game stories change across genres and mediums.
More info here: https://www.ludonarracon.com/
Concept art & prototypes for the unreleased āToontown 2ā³
Source: Toontown Reddit
A Few Thoughts on Jesse Schell's The Art of Game Design
A Few Thoughts on Jesse Schellās The Art of GameĀ Design
As I may have pointed out, Iām currently plowing through a bunch of my game design literature, primarily because these books have ended up in the ānice to have, I might use them as references but then end up never referencing themā part of my bookshelf. Jesse Schellās The Art of Game Design is such a book. I figured Iād make a few notes on it here in case someone would be interested in knowing ifā¦
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Schellās lenses are analysis dimensions that one can use to evaluate a game design. Itās a great starting point for evaluating whether a game has a well-rounded design.
There is the innate gift of a given skill. This is the minor gift. (...) The major gift is the love of the work. This might seem backward. How can the love of using a skill be more important than the skill itself? It is for this simple reason: If you have the major gift, the love of designing games, you will design games using whatever limited skills you have. And you will keep doing it. And your love for the work will shine through, infusing your work with an indescribable glow that only comes from the love of doing it
āThe Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses 3rd Editionā p. 7 by Jesse SchellĀ
[after two whole pages that contained a single list describing the most useful skills for a game designer] Daunting, isn't it? How could anyone possibly master all of these things? The truth is that no one can. But the more of these things you are comfortable working with, however imperfectly, the better off you will be, for growth only happens when we exceed our limits. This is another reason that game designers must be confident and fearless
āThe Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses 3rd Editionā p. 4 by Jesse Schell
Some of the greatest innovations have come from people who only succeeded because they were too dumb to know what they were doing was impossible
āThe Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses 3rd Editionā p. 2 by Jesse Schell
As a novice designer, you will think "I've never done thisāI don't know what I'm doing." Once you have a little experience, you will think, "my skills are so narrowāthis new title is different. Maybe I just got lucky last time." And when you're a seasoned designer, you will think, "the world is different now. Maybe I've lost my touch."Ā Blow away these useless thoughts. They can't help you.
āThe Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses 3rd Editionā p. 2 by Jesse Schell
