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Game Design Reading Week 2

Image result for a book about game design  Designing games by Tynan Sylvester

After completing the reading assigned to us for Week 2 I have learnt a lot of new things I did not know before.  When I read the first piece we were given "Don't be a Vididiot"by Greg Crositkyan http://www.costik.com/vidiot.html . He explained gaming in a really simple way which I liked as I am not very familiar of the different types of games. He explained how a game is a play activity with rules that involves a conflict.

 Then I read another post called "The essence of Eurostyle gaming" by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/Essence.shtml ,. Before reading this I had never even heard of a "eurostyle" game. I then read the post and got a better understand of what makes a game a eurostyle game.  Euro games have great visual interest, simple rules, no player elimination and the game does not take more than an hour to play. Reading this article gave me a better understanding of different games.

I then read the article called "So your going to make your game for the very first time?" by Lewis Pulsipher http://gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20110516/7453/So_Youre_Going_To_Make_A_Game_For_The_Very_First_Time.php.   I read this assignment to try get some tips on how I should go about making my first game. This article had some really useful tips on game creating for your first time. one of the main things I learnt is to focus on game play not the appearance or the story of the game.

I'm really glad I read these posts as I feel like I got a better understanding of gaming.











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  1. RebeccaOctober 8, 2018 at 5:50 AM

    Really like your blog Chloe! I like the image you attached. You make some really interesting points in this blog :)

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