Watch Game Design Theory: A Guided Tour Video Tutorial

Full list of resources/talks below, as well as credits for background games and music. 🗺️ The full LUDORUM DESIGNATIO map is available here: https://tinyurl.com/557j49ej You can read more of my thoughts on games education and academia here: https://tinyurl.com/p44uu3us ✊🏻 Use BookShop.org to support small booksellers, not Bezos: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/indiegameclinic 📚 Core Game Design Textbooks - Schell https://schellgames.com/art-of-game-design - Sylvester https://tynansylvester.com/book/ - Fullerton https://www.gamedesignworkshop.com/ 🧠Player Studies & Psychology: - Bartle Types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types - Quantic Foundry's Types https://quanticfoundry.com/gamer-types/ - Engelstein GDC Talk on Loss Aversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1YcCcBVfY - Cook on Friendship Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voz6S7ryWC0&t=585s - Self Determination Theory: https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/ - Flow Theory explainer: https://medium.com/@icodewithben/mihaly-csikszentmihalyis-flow-theory-game-design-ideas-9a06306b0fb8 - IGC on "Fun": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ENqlUST9U&t=1347s ♟️Ludology: - Koster "A Theory of Fun..." https://www.theoryoffun.com/ - Koster et al on Ludemes: https://www.parlettgames.uk/gamester/whatsaludeme.html - Swink on Game Feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFeKnk_2TY - Salen & Zimmerman "Rules of Play" https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/rules-of-play-game-design-fundamentals-katie-salen-tekinbas/121463?ean=9780262240451&next=t - "Say It Like You Play it" on Ludemes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHzyQ27Dp8M - IGC on Rules, Mechanics and Systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLmjJK3vOw&t=782s ⚒️ Craft Methodologies: - GMTK on Prototyping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tHJgtbj6rs&t=1s - IGC on Playtesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXNRJuc48Ek&t=235s - Derek Yu on Finishing Games: https://www.tumblr.com/makegames/1136623767/finishing-a-game - Kim Nordstrom "Up Down Up: Why Some Game Companies Succeed, While Others Fail" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E01EdVzwE&t=562s 🎭 LudoNarratology - Clara Fernández-Vara's "Taxonomy of Game Choices": https://clarafv.itch.io/taxonomy-of-narrative-choices - Clara Fernández-Vara's "Indexical Storytelling": https://gdcvault.com/play/1016566/Environmental-Storytelling-Indices-and-the - Heussner et al "The Game Narrative Toolbox": https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25710839-the-game-narrative-toolbox - Cryil Focht explains the LudoNarratology debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14vJCImDMrw - Henry Jenkins on Game Design as Narrative Architecture: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://paas.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/09.-Henry-Jenkins-Game-Design-As-Narrative-Architecture.pdf 🔭 Games as Visual Media: - IGC on Visual Communication in Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1BBtD3hY4 - IGC in Graphic Design for UI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdSSRTWmcw8&t=6410s - Tom Nicholas explains Semiotics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JtJu9HdQVM&t=10s - "An Introduction to Neuroaesthetics" by Jon Lauring https://www.waterstones.com/book/an-introduction-to-neuroaesthetics/jon-o-lauring/9788763541404 💡 Ideation & General Design - Don Norman "The Design of Everyday Things" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gQUzHb1mJY - Double Diamond Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0_-1RqBK_0 - Extra Credits on Design Affordances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCSXEKHL6fc&t=55s - Nasim Taleb "Antifragile Ideas": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40zwpdc_yo 🎧 Book Reviews & Summaries: Game Developers' Library Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3n3ExgUASw7Nqz5EiYScGtp61jUuak_J Game Studies Study Buddies Podcast: https://rangedtouch.com/game-studies-study-buddies/ 🎞️ Games & Animation Used in This Video: - Inkarnate Map Maker: https://inkarnate.com/ - GoldenEye Low Poly Joe rigged/textured/danced by KrabWerks (developer of Hermit) 🎮 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4651120/Farming_Incremental_But_With_Guns/ 🎮https://store.steampowered.com/app/2286000/Cracks_Where_the_Light_Gets_In/ 🎮 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3787470/Hermit/ 🎮 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_Town/ 🎮https://store.steampowered.com/app/3080910/ZENOMATRIX/ 🎮https://store.steampowered.com/app/3577070/The_Solace_of_Flowers/ 🎶 Music: All music and sound effects licenses from Epidemic Sound. - The Amazon Review Rap instrumental was: "LA LA LA" by Adelyn Paik - The r/GameDesign Song instrumental was: "Moved On" by Dylan Sitts 📜 Video Chapters: 00:00 intro 01:04 what game design theory is NOT for 05:28 what game design theory IS for 07:40 a field with a center, and edges 08:24 Territory I: understanding players 12:58 Territory II: craft methodologies 17:15 Territory III: game analysis 21:13 design, life-long learning, and interdisciplinarity 24:13 anti-intellectualism is for bellends