Game Design 2 - Theory of Fun

Jay Crossler Senior Software Engineer Serious Games & Game Design Lecture 2 : Course Book Review - Theory of Fun, Player Archetypes

The Theory of Fun Why is work usually not fun?* *at least, for most people

Consider tic-tac-toe ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Problem ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why are games not fun? ,[object Object]

How do we think? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ The best programmer is a lazy programmer” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Discovering patterns is fun ,[object Object],[object Object]

Grokking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Practice is building a library of chunked skills and decisions

What are games? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Play vs. Game vs. Sport ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Is fun just learning? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How can a game be fun? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The theory of fun ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is boredom, then? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Theory of Fun in Games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For more… buy the course book “ Theory of Fun ”, by Raph Koster

Are grokers experts? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Player Archetypes Why do people play games so differently? also An introduction to Massively Multiplayer Games

Bartle Personality Types ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MMO Demographics Source: The Daedelus project ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Time spent “in game” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Profession Types, Life Lessons

Activity Matrix ,[object Object]

What do players want? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What do players expect? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How do you satisfy people? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Subgames” can meet the needs of different personalities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Classic arcade game traits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Classic arcade games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The point? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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