1. Game Design Process
In module 6, we have looked at the game design process. We will go into more detail of designing a game and focus on the 3 first stages (Ask, Imagine and Plan) of the design process. The figure below shows the stages of the game design process.
Figure 174: Steps of the game design process
The first thing to do in the game design is to understand what your game is about. That is where you look at the general overview of your game and describe the game from the name to all components of that game. For example, you are designing a chess game and therefore you are calling it Chess.
After you have decided what your game is about, you must describe how the game will work. If your game is chess, you are going to describe how one person will play the game until he wins the game. That is describing how your game will work.
In the next step, you will set the rules for your game. The rules will guide players of your game in what they can do and what they are not allowed to do. The rules will also help in determining when you win the game.
Next you will define the goals of the game. You have to describe what you expect from people to win the game.
In all games, there is always a button to click to start the game or any other action that triggers the game to start. The next step of the game design process is to decide on what will trigger the game to start and describe that so that players understand how to start the game.
The last action of the game is to think of how someone will lose or win the game. After that, you will need to clearly describe all those steps that will make you lose or win the game.