Comments on: Game design and the Printable CEO http://www.bauger.net/2009/06/game-design-and-the-printable-ceo/ Work on Play, Play at Work Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:31:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Seah http://www.bauger.net/2009/06/game-design-and-the-printable-ceo/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Dave Seah Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:56:09 +0000 http://www.bauger.net/?p=308#comment-345 This is a nice analysis of the design work in context with game mechanics. "Stacking" is one that's new to me. I might argue that instead of "suspending disbelief", getting them all down instead gives you a "foundation for belief", creating a concrete structure that you can then view in strategic contemplation. An analogy might be a single-screen platformer or physics-based puzzle game. In multi-screen worlds, where you can't see everything at once, the Emergent Task Planner is something like the "fog of war" you see in RTS; it allows you to see with clarity your particular bubble of time and allow you to get SOMETHING done, though you may not have the complete strategic picture you wish for. Thanks again for this article...s'great! This is a nice analysis of the design work in context with game mechanics. “Stacking” is one that’s new to me. I might argue that instead of “suspending disbelief”, getting them all down instead gives you a “foundation for belief”, creating a concrete structure that you can then view in strategic contemplation. An analogy might be a single-screen platformer or physics-based puzzle game. In multi-screen worlds, where you can’t see everything at once, the Emergent Task Planner is something like the “fog of war” you see in RTS; it allows you to see with clarity your particular bubble of time and allow you to get SOMETHING done, though you may not have the complete strategic picture you wish for.

Thanks again for this article…s’great!

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