1. Getting Started in Game Design Devin Horsman Director of Technology Silverback Games Mat Jewkes Freelancer

2. Why Do people Play Games? Immersion, Story, “Interactive art”.  Braid, Portal Progression, Growth, Dopamine.  Diablo Competition, Testing Skill, Achievment.  CounterStrike, Demon Souls Socialization, Other people.  WoW. Relaxation, Mental Diversion.  Tetris, Solitare, “Casual Games” etc.

3. What is Game Design? Creating in practical mechanics the experience of a game How the user interacts with the game world

4. Positive Feedback.

5. Feel of Control

6. Elastic Banding

7. Open world vs Linear

8. Cinematics vs Gameplay x

9. Difficulty

10. Skill Development

12. Balance

13. Polish 'Last %10' about half of development time

14. Engines Collision Detection Rendering AI