Step 1: Brainstorming
?· Set player experience goals.
?· Come up with game concepts or mechanics that
you think might achieve your player experience
goals.
Iteration
By ???iteration??? we simply mean that you design, test,
and evaluate the results over and over again throughout
the development of your game, each time improving
upon the gameplay or features, until the player
experience meets your criteria. Iteration is deeply
important to the playcentric process. Figure 1.8 shows
a detailed ?¬‚ ow of the iterative process that you should
go through when designing a game:
?· Player experience goals are set.
?· An idea or system is conceived.
?· An idea or system is formalized (i.e., wri en down
or prototyped).
?· An idea or system is tested against player experience
goals (i.e., playtested or exhibited for
feedback).
?· Results are evaluated and prioritized.
or gain feedback from your funding sources and
work on modifying the game to ?¬? t their needs.
Because you have not yet invested in extensive
artwork or programming, your costs so far should
be pre y reasonable, and you should have a great
deal of ?¬‚ exibility to make any changes.
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