Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

Cut Scenes as a Reward

Todd Howard

1:44

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Think Beyond "Fun"

Warren Spector

0:36

It's for the Players

Toru Iwatani

0:46

Beautiful Worlds to Blow Up

Christofer Sundberg

0:38

Just Playing

Brian Allgeier

0:43

Putting Yourself in the Player's Head

Patrice Désilets

1:36

Character Evolution Path

Vander Caballero

0:47

Gender Assumptions in Mocap

Matt Boch

4:59

What an Artist Sees

John Carmack

0:27

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

FIDELITY

Ernest Adams Stig Asmussen Nolan Bushnell John Carmack Clint Hocking Hideo Kojima Raph Koster Jordan Mechner Frank O'Connor Jason Rohrer Glen Schofield Will Wright Susan Wu

9:18

Importance of Fidelity

Ernest Adams

1:41

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Evolving Installments

Chris Avellone

1:27

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Designing

Wright Bagwell

2:21

Using Pixel Art

Daniel Benmergui

0:48

Responsibility

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

0:31

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

No Apologies

John Carmack

0:58

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Every Part is Art

Toby Gard

1:40

Wide Range of Emotions

Chris Hecker

1:7

Absence of Closure in Games

Vander Caballero

0:35

Simulating Conflicting Relationships

Vander Caballero

1:47

Objective-based vs Undirected Games

Brendon Chung

0:58

Becoming the Monster

Brendon Chung

2:17

Gentle Narrative

Tracy Fullerton

1:07

Happy Medium in Player Instruction

Tracy Fullerton

1:23

Making Interesting Problems

Tracy Fullerton

0:43

Replay and Mastery

Tracy Fullerton

3:12

The Good Mystery

Tracy Fullerton

1:31

The Well Played Game

Tracy Fullerton

2:21

Unleashing Passion in the Player

Tracy Fullerton

2:30

Enhancing Life through Games

Auriea Harvey

1:27

Playing with Expectations

Auriea Harvey

1:02

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Beware of a Long Design Doc

Todd Howard

1:02

Less Fail Modes Today

Todd Howard

1:30

Physicality of Playing

Rod Humble

1:17

Avatars

Rod Humble

1:38

Making it Fun

Alex Hutchinson

1:00

Original MUD

Daniel James

2:18

Don't Define Play

Daniel James

1:52

Griefers

Daniel James

2:06

Scenarios

Raph Koster

1:21

Pulling from Personal Experience

Brendon Chung

1:13

Making Connections

Daniel James

1:43

Constraints in Multiplayer Level Layouts

Damien Kieken

1:40

Balancing Fun and Complexity

Siobhan Reddy

2:23

Crafting Experiences with Your Tools

Siobhan Reddy

1:04

Customization Creating a Bond

Siobhan Reddy

1:25

Playing is a Creative Exercise

Siobhan Reddy

1:38

Similarities in Processes

Siobhan Reddy

1:12

Inhabiting a Character

Kiki Wolfkill

1:07

Working on a Sequel

Kiki Wolfkill

2:05

Revisiting Design from Demo Feedback

Davey Wreden

2:38

Driving Gamer Retention

Marie-Eve Vignola

1:30

Why Am I Playing This Game?

Marie-Eve Vignola

1:51

Player Empowerment

Don Daglow

1:16

Making Games for Over 40 Years

Don Daglow

1:18

Computers the Size of Classrooms

Don Daglow

2:16

The Value of 8-bit Gaming

Don Daglow

1:35

The Proximity to Danger

Patrick Plourde

1:37

Finding the Fun in Stealth

Ryan Payton

1:06

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

How Users Interact with Mobile Devices

Kayla Kinnunen

1:35

The Value of Play

Kim McAuliffe

1:02

The Sin of an Unbalanced Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

0:38

The Nature of Fun in a Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

1:11

Visceral Feedback in Fruit Ninja

Luke Muscat

1:16

Jetpack Joyride Art and Sound

Luke Muscat

2:06

Designing the Fruit in Fruit Ninja

Luke Muscat

2:07

Are Games Supposed to be Fun?

Zoe Quinn

0:35

Unique Experiences Don't Depend on Player ...

Matthew Weise

2:07

An Experience of Interpretation

Matthew Weise

1:09

What Makes a Game Worth Creating

Ken Wong

0:35

Good Design is about Asking the RIght Ques...

Ken Wong

1:30

Does Immersion Equate to Fun?

Bei Yang

1:29

Japanese Concept; To Please

Hideo Kojima

2:04

Most Games are Junk

Frank Lantz

1:47

Coin Op vs. Free to Play

Gabriel Leydon

3:19

The Play Remains the Same

Sid Meier

1:02

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Engaging the Imagination

Frank O'Connor

3:25

Types of Fans

Frank O'Connor

1:28

Power Comes in Many Forms

Frank O'Connor

2:07

The Feel of an FPS

Randy Pitchford

2:30

Toy vs. Game

Randy Pitchford

1:03

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Connecting to Real World

Will Wright

2:27

Leave it to the Imagination

Will Wright

1:13

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

The Player’s Bill of Rights

Laralyn McWilliams

2:24

Games as Creative Outlets

Laralyn McWilliams

1:30

Designing for MMOs vs. Retail Games

Laralyn McWilliams

1:36

Chemistry of Interaction in MMO Design

Laralyn McWilliams

1:03

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

How Do You Value Your Time?

Josef Fares

0:54

Beautiful Environments

Josef Fares

0:55

Creating Fear

Steve Papoutsis

2:14

User Experience

Steve Papoutsis

0:56

Uncanny Valley as a Pitfall

Jordan Mechner

2:05

Flow

Denis Dyack

1:11

Sacrificing Fidelity for Immersion

Bei Yang

2:30

Competing and Winning Against Yourself

Keiji Inafune

0:49

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Other Disciplines Affect Narractive

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Finding the Fun

Leah Hoyer

2:58

Consistency is Key

Brian Allgeier

0:34

What is Fun?

Patrice Désilets

1:30

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

Our Games Have to Look Amazing

Marcin Iwinski

1:54

Developing Ahead of Technology

Marcin Iwinski

2:02

Pushing the Mechanics

Graham Smith

2:02

Playtesting Informs Tutorializing

Graham Smith

0:53

Technology Enhancing Real-Life Games

John Hanke

1:00

Can Educational Games Be Fun?

John Hanke

2:13

Intercuts, Dialogue, and Interactivity, Oh My

Josh Scherr

2:19