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Today we will talk about games. I have read 3 articles that I'm excited to tell you about!

Image of Pac-Man's arcade game

The first article is based on the idea "What is a Game?".

This article talks about what people think a game is. It says that there's no proper definition and that you will get a different answer from every person you ask that works in the industry.

Reading this article the main key points that are stated are that a game is voluntary, that if you are forced to play it it's not a game anymore. The writer also talk about the structure of a game. A game has to have an objective, an outcome, and rules to get there, a conflict, and the player also have to make decisions as he/she plays the game. Games usually have a story to go with it to make it more interesting.

There are also games that are more linear, that don't exactly have a story such as "Snakes and Ladders".

If you want to read it in depth you can find it here.

The second article is "The organic nature of game ideations". This articles goes very in depth about the role of an idea in production. 

This article has a various of references if you want further look into it.

The link to this article is here.

The final article is about four ways to generating basic ideas.

The main headings in it are:

Concentration, which is basically thinking until you get an idea.

Brainstorming, that means that a group of people writing down ideas on paper and link them to create a goal.

Scamper, is a way to generate ideas. each letter of the word SCAMPER is steps off this method.

And finally, The Ramsey Method. This method is used when the director is giving you a very specific topic.

To understand those ways more in depth you can go and have a look here.

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  1. Roman KomarOctober 17, 2020 at 7:04 PM

    Hi Denis
    I just read your blog on Game Design I really liked the articles you have picked I think they were interesting and that you can learn a lot from them on improving your skills in designing games.I dint really like your layout after first paragraph but overall good work!!!

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  2. AaronGoodmanNovember 7, 2020 at 9:52 PM

    What's up Denis,
    Great blog, very informative and educational, when blogs aren't it's a waste of ten minutes reading them. The articles you chose to reference in the post were both interesting and easy enough to read. I like you structured out the paragraphs and didn't make the blog too long, great job!!!

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  3. Mia Roe's BlogDecember 13, 2020 at 9:21 PM

    Hey Denis, its Mia here just read your blog post there and it was really good. You explain your the game design very clearly which is great , I didn't feel like you waffled on which is good! The articles you chose were also really good felt like it made the whole concept a lot clear.
    Best of luck this semester
    -Mia

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