Game Design as Extended Set Design

Don Daglow

1:30

The Proximity to Danger

Patrick Plourde

1:37

The Value of Re-Working a Game

Ken Wong

2:32

Mastery Through Understanding Failure

Laralyn McWilliams

1:40

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

Emotional Response Equals Success

Graham Smith

1:59

Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

Winning and Losing

Ernest Adams

2:38

Number Crunchers

Ernest Adams

1:18

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Forms of Success

Michael Condrey

1:16

I Supply the Plumbing

John Carmack

1:07

Percentage of Players Finishing a Game

David Cage

1:29

Every Part is Art

Toby Gard

1:40

Wide Range of Emotions

Chris Hecker

1:7

Power Fantasy is Easy

Chris Hecker

1:2

Absence of Closure in Games

Vander Caballero

0:35

Creating a Frictionless Experience

Brendon Chung

1:20

Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

Commercial Success

David Jones

0:33

Start with Player Experience

Ken Levine

1:14

Humor in Games

Rhianna Pratchett

1:41

Art Evokes Emotion

Kiki Wolfkill

1:18

Games as Pleasure and Desire

Eric Zimmerman

3:32

Character Design as Expression

Robin Hunicke

3:14

Binary Choice Evoking Emotional Response

Davey Wreden

0:27

Putting Your Life into the Work

Davey Wreden

1:58

Phases of Emotion

Davey Wreden

1:17

Successful Enough to Make Another Game

Ron Gilbert

0:13

Developers Learning Culture

Dean Takahashi

0:37

The Game Industry Growing Up

Dean Takahashi

1:51

Vision and Metrics

Don Daglow

2:17

The Balancing Act

Don Daglow

1:41

Communicating Emotion with Art Style

Patrick Plourde

0:25

Removing Barriers

Ryan Payton

1:38

The Risk-Reward of Innovation in AAA Games

Ryan Payton

1:41

Design Your Life like a Game Designer

Noah Falstein

2:48

Success Related to Player Feedback

Kim McAuliffe

0:56

When Tech Support Becomes Emotional Support

Zoe Quinn

1:05

Using Game Mechanics to Describe Depression

Zoe Quinn

0:56

The Alt Game Space

Zoe Quinn

2:26

Creating Theme Park Experiences

Bei Yang

1:10

Crafting Controlled Experiences

Bei Yang

2:03

Emotional Mechanics of Gameplay

Brianna Wu

1:35

Social Issues in Games

Hideo Kojima

1:08

Games vs. Groups

Gabriel Leydon

2:14

Making Connections

Gabriel Leydon

4:14

Global Leader Board

Gabriel Leydon

2:04

Connecting to the Player

Sid Meier

0:50

Game Breaking

Sid Meier

0:34

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Our Citizen Kane Moment

Frank O'Connor

2:27

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Addiction vs. Engagement

Jason Rohrer

1:13

Feeling Pride

Tim Schafer

0:32

Winning

Jesse Schell

2:00

Emotions

Jesse Schell

1:30

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Intimate Subject Matter

Harvey Smith

2:24

Making Game Accessible

Joseph Staten

1:18

What Emotions Do You Value

Joseph Staten

1:03

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

Chemical Reward for Completion

Susan Wu

0:42

Bonding Through Adversity

Susan Wu

0:44

Fallen in Love in MMO

Susan Wu

0:32

Living in the World of Autosave

Laralyn McWilliams

1:11

Interactive Storytelling

Josef Fares

0:40

How Do You Value Your Time?

Josef Fares

0:54

Creating Incentives

Steve Papoutsis

1:50

Creating Fear

Steve Papoutsis

2:14

Aspiring goal

Denis Dyack

0:43

Personally-inspiring Game

Richard Garriott

2:05

Emotions

Yoshinori Ono

1:16

Measuring Success

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

Creating Tension

Brian Allgeier

1:06

The Success of Assassin's Creed

Patrice Désilets

2:03

Purpose Brings Success

Patrice Désilets

0:37

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

The Cure for Loneliness

Ben Judd

1:15

Friction Creates the Best Products

Ben Judd

3:14

Growing Competition in Indie Development

Graham Smith

1:38

Beyond Structure

Graham Smith

0:53

Success

Celia Hodent

1:22