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How You Can Make A Great Game

How You Can Make A Great Game. Daniel Kline. Takeaways : What separates a good game from a great game. Identify what kind of games you want to make. Game development's best practices to help. There are no Guarantees. There are no Guarantees.

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How You Can Make A Great Game

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  1. How You Can Make A Great Game Daniel Kline

  2. Takeaways:What separates a good game from a great game.Identify what kind of games you want to make.Game development's best practices to help.

  3. There are no Guarantees

  4. There are no Guarantees (and it'd be really sharp to question everything I'm going to say)

  5. I'm going to talk about a lot of games, including my own. (I love all of them.  Any criticism is just to share a point.)

  6. Introductions

  7. Star Wars: Force UnleashedDiablo 3Call of Duty: Finest HourSoldier of Fortune IIMat Hoffman’s Pro BMX II MLB Slugfest 20-03

  8. I haven't done it yet.This is my Plan too.

  9. Good != Great

  10. (videos)

  11. Good Games...

  12. Great Games...

  13. ἀρετή

  14. Option 1

  15. Option 2

  16. ἀρετή

  17. not ἀρετή

  18. ἀρετή

  19. ἀρετή

  20. ἀρετή

  21. (videos)

  22. A Great Game is virtuous.

  23. A Great Game is virtuous.It doesn't have to be hard to make.

  24. Is Scrabble the most virtuous game possible about letter combinations?

  25. Takeaways:What separates a good game from a great game.Identify what kind of games you want to make.Game development's best practices to help.

  26. Wait...!!! You can't just compare Final Fantasy to Basketball to The Sims... They're totally different. Be Virtuous How? Shoot, you said Halo wasn't so virtuous but it was still great.

  27. Different Kindsof Games

  28. Not platforms...

  29. Different Kindsof Games

  30. Rollercoaster       Metal Gear Solid Dragon's Lair Ico Half-Life

  31. Rollercoaster              Challenge Street Fighter 2 Metal Gear Solid Dragon's Lair Defender Ico Left 4 Dead Half-Life

  32. Rollercoaster              Challenge Experiment Street Fighter 2 Metal Gear Solid Civilization Dragon's Lair Mario Far Cry 2 Defender Ico Left 4 Dead Half-Life NetHack

  33. Toys Rollercoaster                                            Challenge       Experiment Movies Sports Games Roleplaying

  34. ἀρετή Rollercoaster              Challenge Experiment Street Fighter 2 Metal Gear Solid Civilization

  35. Possible Choices Experiment Rollercoaster Challenge

  36. Significant Decisions Experiment Rollercoaster Challenge

  37. Others? Rollercoaster              Challenge Experiment Street Fighter 2 Metal Gear Solid Civilization Call of Duty: Finest Hour Diablo 3 Star Wars: Force Unleashed

  38. Pick your genre Rollercoaster              Challenge Experiment

  39. Find your style Rollercoaster              Challenge Experiment

  40. Takeaways:What separates a good game from a great game.Identify what kind of games you want to make.Game development's best practices to help.

  41. Game Development Best Practices

  42. Make something you want someone specific to play

  43. Know your Successful Outcome Experience

  44. Cultivate Virtue;Every Design starts off 700% too large

  45. Experiment First, Great Second,Polished Fourth

  46. (What's Third?)

  47. Playtest, Playtest, Playtest

  48. Join a Community

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