The Rise of the Systemic Game | Game Maker's Toolkit
Added 2018-02-14 16:53:09 +0000 UTCHello everybody. Here's your new episode of the show.
With games like Breath of the Wild, MGS V, and Watch Dogs 2, we're seeing a real boom in the idea of a "systemic game". In this video I want to explain what that is and talk about some of the pros and (potential) cons of this sort of design.
I want to say thank you to all the $5 Patrons who watched an early draft of this video yesterday and gave me some great feedback.
You can see it here if you're interested.
The main things I changed were: I expanded upon the awareness / rules stuff. I moved all of the "pros of systemic games" stuff into one section. I changed "stimuluses" to "stimuli" (whoops!). I added Kingdom Come Deliverance. I made a reference to Zelda's chemistry engine. I gave the video a bit of a stronger thesis. I added some extra examples.
Anyway. Cheers! I'll be back soon with the reading list and then onto another video!
Comments
Hello, Mark Years ago, when I initially studied design, I wrote an article on systems Back then I was interested in themes like how do you define art, why our brains enjoy games, etc. It is quite outdated, but based on your content, I believe you will like that article: <a href="https://shekerevunderstanding.blogspot.bg/2010/10/beyond-shalloware-thoughts-on-game.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://shekerevunderstanding.blogspot.bg/2010/10/beyond-shalloware-thoughts-on-game.html</a>
2018-02-16 19:34:04 +0000 UTCThe phenomenon is called "emergence" when multiple systems interact to create new dynamics
Daniel Haas
2018-02-15 18:58:14 +0000 UTCOh wow! I didn't know you could make such changes on the fly. Awesome! Will rewatch
OSW Review
2018-02-15 18:23:00 +0000 UTCKeyed it out! It's a little rough but it looks fine in motion ;)
Game Maker's Toolkit
2018-02-14 22:10:39 +0000 UTCHey Mark! Really appreciate this video! Been having a lot of the same thoughts.
Qymm
2018-02-14 18:37:38 +0000 UTCAbsolutely adored the new video.
Alex Van Aken
2018-02-14 18:35:23 +0000 UTCHey Mark! May I ask where you located the transparent version of the Patreon animation? Or did you key out the background?
Alex Van Aken
2018-02-14 18:35:01 +0000 UTC
