1. Art of puzzle design Game Genres Rogue Deer Hunter
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Art of puzzle design
Game Genres
Rogue
Deer Hunter

2. The Art of Puzzle Design

3. Game Genres
A video game genre is defined by a set of gameplay challenges and are classified independent of their setting or game-world content
Action, Action-Adventure, MMO, Role-Playing, Simulation, Strategy, Vehicle Simulation, Breakout Clone, Grand Theft Auto clone
shooter game is a genre name, "first-person shooter" and "third-person shooter" are common subgenres. Others are real-time, turn based, top-down and side-scrolling,.

4. Rogue Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom
Used BSD UNIX (Ken Arnold's curses), a library of functions for drawing pictures on the screen using a terminal's character set
never offering the exact same gameplay twice
Although the control scheme was relatively easy to master, the game itself was often quite challenging. Sudden death could occur at any moment
the commercial versions of the game failed miserably

5. Deer Hunter
the first game to attempt seriously to simulate the strategies involved in deer hunting
total development cost was around $75,000
targeted specifically at non-enthusiast game players
developed from the ground up by three programmers (one was a college intern) and a part-time artist in less than three months

6. Deer Hunter Lessons
Lesson 1: Don't Over-Design: It's better to keep the game plan simple and understandable. One instance in which it does not pay to skimp on design is interface design.
Lesson 2: Don't Be Afraid to Design Dynamically and in Parallel: set goals to attain and expect both the artists and programmers to be creative enough to reach those goals on their own
Lesson 3: Smart Scheduling: planning to complete components so that you minimize your reliance upon incomplete code

7. Deer Hunter Lessons
Lesson 4: Code Around Scheduling Delays: create a separate application exclusively for creating and testing
Lesson 5: Create Meaningful Milestones: involve the designers, artists, and programmers in the task of creating milestones. They're the ones doing the work and should have a more instinctive feel for how to balance out the workload among project milestones. This helps to clarify every individual's responsibilities right from the beginning