MIT CMS.608 / CMS.864 Game Design, Fall 2010 - Lecture 8: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 1

MIT CMS.608 Game Design, Fall 2010 Instructors: Philip B. Tan, Jason Begy View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/cms-608-game-design-fall-2010/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61_JVg12Ukxft03EJ7xxdbR Games contain various skill requirements, chance elements, and information availability, which guide strategy development. Changing the balance between these factors can create very different player experiences. Related Resources: [CGD] Chapter 6 [CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers. Boston, MA: Charles River Media/Course Technology, 2009. ISBN: 9781584505808. Poundstone, William. "Game Theory." The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology. Edited by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262195362. Credits: Content © the respective copyright holders, all rights reserved, excluded from our Creative Commons license. For more information, see http://ocw.mit.edu/fairuse. Recording of celebrating Red Sox fans, 2004. © source unknown. Segment from Britain’s Got Talent 2009, Episode 10 (Semi-Final 3), © ITV. softypapa. "Japan Festival Car - Mikoshi Portable Shinto Shrine." July 11, 2008. YouTube. Accessed May 20, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgq03p5L-0 © Kurt Bell. wbal. "Student Turns Millionaire With Scratch-Off Ticket." August 6, 2007. YouTube. Accessed May 20, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROLQcJXcJE4 © WBAL TV, Baltimore, MD. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.