#gameandplaydevelopmentmethodology

Here’s a summary of the first weeks, and the first set of week starter stuff.

In class:

We performed some “speed dating” style idea development, in which we wrote down a wide variety of entertaining ideas of very condensed game mechanics and themes to explore in a social setting. Mechanics didn’t need to be as straightforward as you might think however.

Round 1: Adult Playground & Come in 5th place

This weird combo rapidly turned into innuendo. I’ve gotta wonder what exactly you’d have in an “adult” playground, and on second thoughts, I feel like that’s best not explored in an open setting on the great wide internet. Realising this, I moved on, picking up two new mechanics.

Round 2: To eat the most pies & be the most attractive

This one was fun to consider. We generally don’t associate eating contests with being attractive, so what if it’s a contest where you must do one while trying to remain the other? This sounds like it could be one of those wacky Japanese game-shows. Would the contestants all appear on stage and have a date with another person while simultaneously trying to scoff down as many pies as possible? Is it even feasible to maintain your decorum while you’re scarfing down NZ’s favourite grease, mince and dough combo? Has science gone too far?!?

A weird condensed personality and preference test: 

In which we had to simply put ourselves on axis rather than calculate it out. Basically, we were read out a couple of options or a scale to put ourselves on. what I put down was as follows:

For the results, I preferred fantasy and challenge in my games, I was as starter and a creator, a true neutral (naturally) and somewhere on the middle of an interact with - act upon - world - people axis. This was again for our interests in games.

Then, early last thursday morning I went and did the actual Myers-Briggs test. My results are as follows:

Well. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to make of all this to be honest. Some people find these tests to be quite informative about themselves, but for me I can’t help but wonder if they’re just glorified “find out what Pokémon you are” quizzes.