This course focuses on applying game and simulation design strategies to increase context, motivation, engagement and learning outcomes. Character development, narrative, user interface, game play, game balancing, principles of level design and feedback in games and simulations will be applied as students design a game or simulation to achieve a learning goal. The differences and similarities between game and simulation concepts, genres and worlds will be examined as will game and simulation intricacies for specific groups and game production and management.

1. LTMS 531: Designing
Games & Simulations
Class 2

2. Review
Setting Expectations &
Establishing the Foundation
• Course Information
• Simulations vs. Games
• Serious Games vs.
Entertainment Games
• Instructional Design &
Game Design

3. 1. What were some of the player elements
clearly present in the game you played
and the game you found?
2. How were those player elements
represented and how effectively were
they represented?

4. 1. Which player type are you?
2. Were you surprised with the results and
why?

5. Player Types
Achievers
• prefer to gain
"points," levels,
equipment and
other concrete
measurements
• go to great lengths
to achieve rewards
that confer them
little or no
gameplay benefit
simply for the
prestige of having
it.
Explorers
• players who prefer
discovering areas,
creating maps and
learning about
hidden places
• feel restricted
when expected to
move on in a
certain time frame,
as that does not
allow them to look
around at their
own pace.
• find joy in
discovering an
unknown glitch or
a hidden easter
egg. Socializers
• gain the most
enjoyment by
interacting with
other players, and
on some occasions,
computer-
controlled
characters with
personality
• The game is merely
a tool they use to
meet others in-
game or outside of
it
Killers
• thrive on
competition with
other players, and
prefer fighting
them to scripted
computer-
controlled
opponents

6. Player Stats
Bartle
Number of Times Taken
796, 576
Most Common Result
Explorer
Most Unique Results
Socializer
ESA
Average age
30
Gender
55% Male; 45% Female
Multiplayer
62% play games with others

7. Chapter

8. Designing for Engagement
Fun Theory

10. Flow Theory
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (pronounced chick-sent-me-high-ee)

11. Flow: Tense and release

12. Flow Theory

13. Platforms & Environments
• Analog
–Tabletop
–Physical
• Digital
–Arcade/café
–Console
–Computer
–Online
–Handheld

14. Serious Game Design Document

15. Serious Game/Simulation Pitch

16. LTMS 531: Designing
Games & Simulations
1. Create your game pitch