{"id":11125,"date":"2024-12-02T20:07:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11125"},"modified":"2024-12-02T21:29:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T01:29:39","slug":"week-8-questions-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11125","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Question Set 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; what is the difference between a game designer and a game developer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A game developer carries out the game designers plans for the game. The developer codes, and makes the mechanics while the designer creates the metaphor for the game &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; what commonly occurs during the game development process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>play tests, trial and error, revisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; what are the challenges of balancing a game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying to make the game fun to play and winnable but not impossible to figure out and get to the end goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; what 10 maxims should you follow when writing rules?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use no intermediary terminology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use real words<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Make no more work than necessary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Add flavor (but not too much)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Make your text no smarter than your reader<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discard rules that can\u2019t be written<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Take a breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Go easy on the eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Get your final version play tested<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Fix it in the FAQ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Question Set 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; how has play testing changed your game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has changed the specific details in the rules so people don\u2019t outsmart the game and get more points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; who from class would you like to play test your next game or version 2 of your first game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tori because i know shes honest and she has good ideas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; who is the audience for your game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; who should play test your game outside of class?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A family with kids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp; what is the difference between a game designer and a game developer? A game developer carries out the game designers plans for the game. The developer codes, and makes the mechanics while the designer creates the metaphor for the game &nbsp; o&nbsp;&nbsp; what commonly occurs during the game development process? play tests, trial and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11125\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Week 8 Questions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-11125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11126,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions\/11126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}