Purple Monkey Game Jam IV Keynote

Coming up with game ideas and minimizing scope in Game Jams.

Transcript

1. Purple Monkey Game Jam IV: A New Hope Game Design with Little Time
2. Game Design is Difficult
3. Figure Out A Concept
4. Tornadoes
5. Tornadoes Thunder
6. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round
7. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse
8. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn
9. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn ACDC
10. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn ACDC Jungle Midwest
11. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn ACDC Jungle Midwest Sunset
12. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn ACDC Jungle Midwest Sunset Fireflies
13. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn ACDC Jungle Midwest Sunset Fireflies Comcast
14. Tornadoes Thunder Merry-go- Round Horse Unicorn ACDC Jungle Midwest Sunset Fireflies Comcast Expensive
15. Now I just have a bunch of words! Expensive Unicorn Fireflies Jungle
16. Jungle
17. Jungle Fireflies
18. Jungle Fireflies Unicorn
19. Jungle Fireflies Unicorn Expensive
20. Fireflies
21. Fireflies Expensive
22. Fireflies Expensive Unicorn
23. Fireflies Expensive Unicorn Jungle
24. So many ideas! So little time!
25. Core Mechanics Secondary Mechanics Progression Mechanics Narrative Game Mechanics Hierarchy
26. • What you do • What makes you special • Where does it lead you • Why are you doing it Game Mechanics Hierarchy Core Mechanics Secondary Mechanics Progression Mechanics Narrative
27. Run Jump Game Mechanics For Mario Collect Power- ups Eliminate enemies Core Mechanics Secondary Mechanics
28. Run Jump Game Mechanics For Mario Collect Mushrooms Eliminate enemies Core Mechanics Secondary Mechanics Collect Fire Flower Collect Feather Shoot Fireballs
29. Games are hard. Recap Come up with ideas with your team. Create a phrase to describe your game. Identify core game mechanics. Sort remaining mechanics
30. Questions
31. Theme Reveal!
32. Light & Shadow