What makes games fun? Creating Enhanced Play Jani Cortesini Extra Life: A Gaming Event for Brands 26 th Oct, 2011
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What makes games fun?Creating Enhanced Play
Jani CortesiniExtra Life: A Gaming Event for Brands26th Oct, 2011
Game doesn’t automatically =Fun
Play = Fun
A well designed game feels like enhanced play
So, what does play feel like?
And how do we design a game that enhances play?
Anticipation
Surprise
Pleasure
Understanding
Strength
Poise
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Anticipation
Surprise
Pleasure
Understanding
Strength
Poise
The perfect balance between these two emotions is called ‘flow’
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow is enhanced play
A well designed game is all about keeping a player in ‘flow’
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How do we keep players in ‘flow’?
How do we keep players in ‘flow’?
Interesting goals to masterClear feedback
A meaning for it all
How do we keep players in ‘flow’?
Interesting goals to masterClear feedback
A meaning for it all
A set of goals to achieve within a given set of rules
A set of interesting goals to achieve within a given set of
interesting rules
But not just goals, it’s goals that get progressively
harder to master
It’s easy to tell what games my husband enjoys the most. If he screams, ‘I hate it, I hate it, I hate it,’ then I know two things:
(a) he’s going to finish it, and then (b) he’s gonna buy version 2
Nicole Lazzaro – The Future of UX is Play
The mix of success and failure on the path to game mastery is the
ultimate emotional high
Fun is another word for learning
Raph Koster – A Theory of Fun for Game Design
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Interesting goals to masterClear feedback
A meaning for it all
Interesting goals to masterClear feedback
A meaning for it all
Meaning helps create ‘sensual’ immersion
Meaning is a gateway into ‘flow’
Imagine Chess as Macbeth
Clint Hocking – Immersive Fidelity in Games
In conclusion...
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A meaning for it all
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Useful links and sources
Flow in Games - http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/introduction.htm
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060920432?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
The Future of UX is Play - http://www.slideshare.net/NicoleLazzaro/ux-week-the-future-of-ux-is-play
I-Fi Immersive Fidelity in Games - http://clicknothing.typepad.com/ and here
Designing for Engagement and Sustained Satisfaction – www.immersyve.com
Meaningful Play. Getting Gamification Right - http://www.slideshare.net/dings/meaningful-play-getting-gamification-right
Loving your player with Juicy Feedback - http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/
A Theory of Fun for Game Design - http://www.raphkoster.com/
Peering into the Black Box of Player Behaviour: The Player Experience Panel at Microsoft Game Studios -http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1012646/Peering-into-the-Black-Box
Ludology meets Narratology - http://www.ludology.org/articles/ludology.htm
Play - http://www.stuartbrownmd.com/
All round essential reads – www.gamasutra.com / www.insidesocialgames.com / www.gamepro.com
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