This lesson focuses on the language of video game design through a university classroom lecture. Students become familiar with crucial concepts such as game checkpoints, boss battles, achievements, and more.
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Classroom Lecture: Elements of Video Game Design
SCENE: A university classroom in Vancouver, Canada. Students are settling into their seats, and opening up their laptops when the professor walks in. Someone whispers. “No way, that’s the guy who made Iron Pulse.".
Professor Mercer clears his throat and begins:
All right, people, let’s get started.
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In Nintendo's Mario franchise the 1up concept is represented by a green and white spotted mushroom.
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1980's Namco classic, Pac-man, was one of the first games to use power-ups, thus allowing the hunted to temporarily become the hunter.
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Well-placed checkpoints add structure to longer video games while reducing player frustration.
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- Professor Mercer says that “balance is an art form.” What do you think he means by that? Can perfect balance ever exist in a multiplayer game?
- The professor insists that “glory doesn’t expire — it just respawns.” What does this line reveal about his personality and attitude toward his past success?
