MMO: Spectrum Of Design - Part 3 Does This Rollercoaster Have Sand?
Spectrum Of Designa blog series by sunandshadowaka Mare Kuntz Blog #3: Does This Rollercoaster Have Sand?(Themeparks, Sandboxes, and Sandparks)...
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MMO: Spectrum Of Design - Part 2 Fishing For Grouper Or Sole?
Spectrum Of Designa blog series by sunandshadowaka Mare Kuntz Blog #2: Fishing For Grouper Or Sole?(Designing For Group Play Or Solo Play) In the...
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MMO: Spectrum Of Design - Part 1 To Avatar Or Not To Avatar?
MMO: Spectrum Of Designa blog series by sunandshadowaka Mare Kuntz Blog #1: To Avatar Or Not To Avatar?(No, not that movie with the blue cat-aliens.)...
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MMO: Spectrum Of Design - Part 0 Introduction
Spectrum of Design 0, 1, and 2 were originally published on MMOsite.com MMO: Spectrum Of Designa blog series by sunandshadowaka Mare Kuntz Blog #0:...
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Part 2 of Developing a Game Idea: Fill-In-The-Blank Game Description
Fill-in-the-blank description of game's genre and other basic properties from my guide:[NameOfGame] will be a [2D or 3D or ?D] [optionally name the...
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Designer's Statement of Purpose for WildWright MMO Concept
Since yesterday I have been working on developing a new game idea. Well, a few fragments of this concept existed already, as can be seen in this...
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Ranching Type Pet Breeding Games: Viva Pinata and Plant Tycoon
A ranching game is a pet game where the player owns property and infrastructure which are used to produce pets. It is a close relative to farming...
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Pet Game Design Related Thoughts Copied From VPL
These are three older entries copied (with a bit of editing) from my equivalent of this developer journal over on the Virtual Pet List forum. I'm...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part END
X. Finale: An overview of the game development process and how the design document is used during this process.1. Revise - Theoretically you now have...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 14
14. GUIs and Controls, Game Modes and Context-Sensitive BehaviorGUI stands for graphical user interface. Borders, icons, menu bars, mouse cursors,...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 13
13. Minigames, Puzzles, And Other Combat AlternativesWhile combat is the main activity of many games, other games do not have combat at all, or...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 12
12. CombatCombat is the single broadest area of game design. Some games do not have combat at all, but a large percentage do, and in a large number...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 11
11. Tutorials, Quests, Reputation, and LevelsPlaying a game is all about having interesting stuff to do within the game. So what exactly do you...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 10
10. Pets In More Detail: Functionality Within The Game, Capturing, Breeding and Genetic SystemsAs you may have noticed, I've been using a very loose...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 9
9. Forums, Messaging, ChattingPurely singleplayer games, of course, have no need for a forum or messaging system. Games with minimal multiplayer may...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 8
8. Currencies, Trading, Shops, and the MarketplaceThis section is about the exchange of money and/or items between the player and the game or between...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 7
7. Gathering and Crafting: Climbing the Tech Tree, Recipes, Skills, Building Up Infrastructure, and Crafting Gameplay.Crafting is any act of...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 6
6. Inventory Systems: Types Of Items and How Each Type Functions Within the Game, How the User Interacts With Storage, Storage Limitations and...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 5
5. Avatar Creation: Human vs. Pet, Clothing Systems, The Avatar's Role(s) Within The Game, Avatar Equipment Slots, Stats, and Abilities.Probably most...
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Guide To Designing A Pet Game Part 4
4. Player Registration and Account Creation, Data Storage Within The GameFor a singleplayer game it has recently become standard to allow the player...
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