Daily Archives: Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Experimental Gameplay 2006 – Part 2

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Jonathan Blow showed what appeared to be a humble-looking 2D platformer, that at a glance could well have been designed in Mark Overman’s Game Maker, and mumbled a few things about time manipulation. He referenced Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Blinx: The Timesweeper, calling them relatively traditional in application. The player can only go back so far, and only under certain circumstances, making the time element sort of a gimmick. Blow wondered what would happen if the player were able to “undo” however many mistakes he pleased. What would that mean for design? Could it even work? If so, how?

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Experimental Gameplay 2006 – Part 1

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As in past years, Wednesday’s Experimental Gameplay session attracted a throng. Beyond standing-room only, the lecture hall was crowded enough to concern and irritate the local fire marshal. Ultimately, the session went on around fifteen minutes longer than expected – and even then, the presenters had more material than they were able to show.

Comprised as it was of enthusiastic young developers, eager to show off their new toys that (in several cases) nobody else is allowed to play with, the energy level was high, keeping the audience clapping and cheering when appropriate, and vocalizing when not.

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