What does it mean for a game to involve a lot of “mind games”? Can you really make “reads” off of an opponent and predict what he’s going to do? What’s the difference between “reading the opponent” and “a lucky guess”? This episode explores these questions, discussing games like Poker, Street Fighter, Rock Paper Scissors, […]
CGD Podcast Episode 22: Mind Games and Reading the Opponent Read More »
What does it mean when something is a “classic”? I think there’s actually a huge problem here that needs to be explored. New work is created using new cultural and scientific understandings, and it’s universally better in almost every case. We need to understand and appreciate this fact, and stop glorifying things just because they’re
CGD Podcast Episode 21: The “Classics” Problem Read More »
In this episode – our 20th! – I talk about the idea of “optional game rules” and why they are to be avoided. I also go into detail on some experiences designing abilities for Auro. Enjoy! http://media.blubrry.com/clockworkgamedesign/keithburgun.net/cgdpodcast/episode20.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
CGD Podcast Episode 20: Options in Games Read More »
In this episode I talk about my process of five major stages in game design. I also talk about how game design is not a guaranteed thing. We tend to think of game design in terms of “designing lots of games”, sort of “churning them out”, when in fact, we should be thinking of it
CGD Podcast Episode #19: The Process, and Designing Games Like Applications Read More »
Today I talked about how and why games work best with a 50% winrate (even single player games). That’s because learning in games is extremely hard due to their inherently complex and ambiguous nature. Getting a loss when you had a 10% chance to win doesn’t necessarily tell you much about your choices in that
CGD Podcast Episode 18: Single/Multi-player and 50% Win Rates Read More »
In 2003, I was a very serious WarCraft III player. If I recall correctly, I have over 5,000 one-on-one ladder matches logged on my Battle.net account. I watched replays every day and even did some highly amateurish commentaries myself. It’s interesting to note that some of my first-ever “internet game design articles” were WarCraft III
Why League of Legends Is The World’s Greatest Game Read More »
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