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This chapter defines a game world and introduces the various dimensions that describe a game world: the physical, temporal, environmental, emotional, and ethical dimensions, as well as a quality called realism. This chapter is from the book Games entertain through gameplay, but many also entertain by taking the player away to an imaginary place—a game world. (This book uses the terms world, setting, and game setting interchangeably with game world. ) In fact, the gameplay in most single-player video games appears to the player as interactions between himself and the game world. This chapter defines a game world and introduces the various dimensions that describe a game world: the physical, temporal, environmental, emotional, and ethical dimensions, as well as a quality called realism. What Is a Game World? A game world is an artificial universe, an imaginary place in which the events of the game occur. When the player enters the magic circle and pretends to be somewhere else, the game world is the place she pretends to be.
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I'm already working on figuring out easings and implementing them using delta_time, but I feel like there may be many more options and I think at points that I might have chosen the wrong type of movement system - or simply programmed one that is way too complex for what I want to achieve. So I'm not asking for code for my specific game, I would just like to know what is out there. Think any sort of recourse like the link I mentioned above containing some of the stuff I mentioned in the list would be great for anyone using GML to program their game that might not be a (simple) top-down / side-scroller to get started on how to approach the entire movement aspect! (If I'm asking something dumb or I'm not understandable you're allowed to say so! ) #27 This is a great article: Finishing a Game by Derek Yu It leans towards the game development side of things rather than game design per se, but I think it contains a lot of wisdom expressed simply. This extract in particular is excellent: Derek Yu said: Oh sh*t, you're way behind schedule.
Welcome to Educational Game Design, the home of resources, articles and guides on the use of games and game-like experiences designed for learning and social impact. Explore our sections below: Why Games? Educators, parents and social changemakers see potential in games because they are extremely powerful motivational tools — designed experiences that provide opportunities for learning and viewing models and and systems from new perspectives. Homer et al. (2014) describe four important things that games can do: Preparation of future learning. Games can provide students with shared experiences that can be used for later learning activities, for example, class discussions. Teach new knowledge and skills. Games can introduce new knowledge and skills for the learner to acquire as part of the game play. Practice and reinforce existing knowledge and skills. Games can provide opportunities to practice existing knowledge or physical and basic cognitive skills in order to automate them. Develop 21st-century skills.