1. An Introduction to Game Designby
Zachary Sanders
Subtitles – “My name is Zachary Sanders and I will be giving a brief presentational video on some of the basics of video game design

2. Video Games Breadth of video games
User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX)
Computer Programming/Software
Math and Physics
Art
Engineering and Networks
Sales and Marketing
Business and many more fields
Subtitles – “Video games touch a wide variety of different fields, from the obvious programming and physics side, to the not so obvious art and user experience side. I’ve included some of the most popular and successful video games of all time, from the basic Super Mario 3 to the massively multiplayer role playing game of World of Warcraft, all of which incorporate all of these fields of study.”
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3. Video Game Design
Game Design programs are offered at many popular universities and institutions
Definition -  The process of designing the content and rules of a video game in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline, and characters in the production stage.
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Subtitles – “Video game design, in general, is everything that goes into making a video game. Some games emphasize different aspects of the design process such as the visual quality of the environment or detailed player interactions and dialogues. Game design has become a popular field of study at many popular universities and institutions.”
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4. Game Design Principles
Environment
Narrative
Visual Style
Graphic User Interface
Perspective (First person, Third person)
Level of detail
Game world
Architecture
Terrain
Objects
And more..
Story
Characters
Non-Player characters (computer)
Dialogue
Personality
Feedback System
Can be text, graphics, videos or a combination of the three
Ties into all aspects of the game
Subtitles – “I’d like to briefly go over four important game design principles. The first is environment, which encompasses all of the visual aspects of a game down to details such as how water should look and ripple when an object falls into it. The environment of the game is extremely important from a design perspective because players will hopefully be spending hours immersed in a complex and visually pleasing environment. The second design principle is narrative, which mainly deals with designing a unique and interesting story for the player to experience. Narrative is important because players want to feel immersed in a virtual reality when playing games, if the story is boring, doesn’t make sense, or is lacking ingenuity the player will be less likely to enjoy it. “
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5. Game Design Principles
Satisfiability
Audience
Is the game satisfying?
Feedback
Rewards and Achievement
Progression
Difficulty
Longevity of content
Know your audience
Age group
Children, Teens, Adults
Preferences
Action
Adventure
Player Interaction
Multiplayer
Subtitles – “The third and possibly most important design principle I’d like to discuss is satisfiability. Whether a game is satisfying can go a long way in terms of player enjoyment and user experience, and it can often make up for portions of a game that have less depth to it. For instance, League of Legends and Call of Duty are very popular games right now but their narrative isn’t very in depth and a majority of the players just ignore it. However the games themselves are considered to be very satisfying because of the in depth satisfying design of the game play. “The fourth and last principle I’d like to discuss is the audience. Knowing your projected audience when developing a game is very critical to it’s success. When designing a game for an audience like Call of Duty, who mainly play online in multiplayer settings, a designer would want to focus their time on that aspect as opposed to the aspects that won’t be used as much.
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6. Sources Game Design Resources
game-design-by-Andrew-S-Walsh.aspx
All game cover photos were acquired from publicly accessible Google Images and formatted to fit the slides
World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Halo, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Grand Theft Auto V, Pac-man
Personal laptop and Xbox with games such as Fallout 4 and Halo
Personal gaming experiences
Subtitles – “Here is a list of the sources I used to create this presentation.”

7. The End
Thank you for watching my presentation of information about game design!
Subtitles – “Thank you for watching my presentation, I hope I’ve peaked your interest in game design!”.
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