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Game design is simple, actually – Raph Koster

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We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalised ads or content, and analyse our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. No cookies to display. Raph Koster Game designer, author, speaker So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together. In Theory of Fun I basically asserted that the useful bit for game designers was “mastery of problems.” That means that free climbing a cliff is in bounds even though it is terrifying and painful. Which giv

So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this . The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together. In Theory of Fun I basically asserted that the useful bit for game designers was “mastery of problems.” That means that free cl

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