The project plan is, since friday sent in to our teacher, I find it a bit short but I don’t know exactly what else to write, maybe I have to work for some weeks to fill in the rather short sentences.
I have read through some chapters of “Game Design Workshop 2nd Edition” by “Morgan Kaufmann” and something caught my eye, Chapter 11: Fun and Accessibility.
I thought it would be a good idea to start out with the basics and go from there.
the book states some things that make a game entertaining and I will try to find out which of these Doom 3 have.
CHALLENGES
- Reaching and Exceeding goals
- Competing against Opponents
- Stretching Personal Limits
- Excerising Difficult Skills
- Making Interesting Choices
PLAY
- Living out Fantasies
- Social Interaction
- Exploration and Discovery
- Collection
- Stimulation
- Self-Experssion and Performance
- Construction/Destruction
STORY
- Unique Characters
- Type of Storyline
ETC
- Puzzles
- Rewards and Punishments
- Anticipation
- Suprise
- Progress
- Ending
And ofcourse the other side of the fence, what does the game contain that makes it boring and repepitive like;
- Micromanagement
- Stagnation
- Arbitrary Events
And the last major thing to go though: Is the game accessible, can anyone understand it?
This is what I will be focusing on this week, while I go through the level design.
Over and out.
