Design Lab 5: Game Media   [ Monday 6pm - Rm 908]

instructor: Jonah Warren
email: jonah AT feedtank DOT com
url: http://www.playfulsystems.com/teaching/2007/gamemedia


Homework 4: Creating Games from Rules
(October 1st, 2007)

For next week, I want you to start working on a new game idea generated from the method used in class today (choosing a random subset of rules from a larger set). You may either take an idea directly from the exersize, or, you may replay the exersize again to generate other ideas. Like the exersize, limit the vocabulary of your game objects to colored blocks.

After you are happy with your set of rules, I want you to start to create your game. Ideally you will complete the basic mechanic of the game - the user interaction at its most basic level. No need for scoring, feedback, levels or any bells and whistles. Just it's fundamental interaction.

Post this interaction to your site, along with a list of things to implement if you were to make it a full game. The list came be general (under 10 tasks).