This assignment has two parts: first, you will read the following material, and then you will spend some time browsing the additional material to see what grabs your attention. To finish up, you will write up a blog post with your thoughts.
Readings
It is time to examine what makes a good rule from a bad one, as well as, discuss the different kinds of rules that form a game designer’s palette. the first paper begins by discussing the relationship between the game rules and the player experience.
MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research. Hunicke, R. LeBlanc, M. & Zubek, R. (2004). [Links to an external site]
The second paper builds on the MDA framework and presents the Design, Dynamics & Experience (DDE) for Game design.
and finally in the video below the author takes a look at the MDA framework, breaking it down and explaining all individual parts as well as their usefulness.
Additional Readings
- Attached is a link to a rather long but interesting video all about game design dynamics Hocking, C. (2011). Dynamics: The State of the Art [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014597/Dynamics-The-State-of-the [Links to an external site]
Blog
When you are done browsing, write up a blog post with your thoughts about what you have read
For the blog post, use “Games MDA” in the title, with “Reading”, “Week 5” as the labels, and include at least one image (with image information). Here is the Declaration for Reading:
| DECLARATION A: Reading Options I spent at least 30 minutes browsing the readings. I have published a blog post with my notes. POST TITLE: I used the phrase “Games MDA” in the post title. POST LABELS: I used the label “Reading”, “Week 5” for the labels. LINKS: I included at least three links to items of interest, with my thoughts. IMAGE: I Included at least one image with image information. |
