WHAT PLAYERS WANT
FROM GAMES?
- Introduction
- Why People Play Games?
- What People Want to See?
INTRODUCTION
• Making a game is hard
• Do not copy from one to another
• Make a game that you like
• First excite yourself
WHY PEOPLE PLAY GAMES?
-CHALLENGE• Games can force people to think to find
another possible solution
• People can understand games
mechanisms
• It can affect their real life
WHY PEOPLE PLAY GAMES?
-SOCIALIZE• Challenging with a group of friends
• Shared enjoyable times
• Multiplayer
• Meet new people and talk with others
WHY PEOPLE PLAY GAMES?
-BE THE BEST• Every challenge contains its winner
• Having fun with beating friends
• Or someone who is annoying
WHY PEOPLE PLAY GAMES?
-FEEL SOMETHING• It doesn’t matter whether good or bad
• Win or lose
WHY PEOPLE PLAY GAMES?
-EXPLORE• Enter a new world
• Curiosity
WHY PEOPLE PLAY GAMES?
-IMAGINE• Be the part of a fantastic world
• Be the one who is legend
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-CONSISTENCY• Look I can fly
• Drunk character
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-LIMITS• What can I do ?
• Gameplay mechanism
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-SOLUTIONS• Reasonable solutions to work
• Alternative solutions
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-GOAL• There may be goal but not a path
• Aim-less games
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-LEVELS• Many sub-goals along the way
• Clue to the goal
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-IMMERSED• Do not let them get distracted
• Use hypnotize skills
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-DIFFICULTIES• Players need challenge
• Easy achivements make games
forgettable
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-FAIRNESS• Every difficulties come with their
solutions
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-NOT REPEATED• Always there must be a new challenge
• SAVE!!
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-NOT GET STUCK• Achieving goals should not be so hard
• Not dying
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-PLAY
• Long cinematics
• Long tutorials or not skippable
WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE?
-FOCUS• Game developers may not be able to explain in a useful way what exactly they like or
dislike about a particular game.
• Players Do Not Know What They Want, but They Know When It Is Missing
• Playtesters is important
• Gameplay is more important than bug