Boys vs Girls

Paul Taylor 2010

http://gameclub24.info/game/fights/boy_vs_girl.htm

Continuing from last week...

Schell’s Observations

What males like to see in a game1. Mastery2. Competition3. Destruction4. Spatial Puzzles5. Trial and Error

Schell’s Observations

What females like to see in a game1. Emotion2. Real World3. Nurturing4. Dialog and Verbal Puzzles5. Learning by Example

Application to your assignment

• With simple gameplay you probably do not need gender specific rules or mechanics

• What can be done to quickly and effectively make two versions of your game specific to girls and boys?

Theme it Up!

• There are millions of Mobile Phone skins– Some very girlie– Some super macho– Some questionable

• Themes do not usually change the Phone mechanics

• Themes include sounds!

The original iPhone theme

• As per skeletorhttp://www.appleiphoneschool.com/gallery/summerboard-default/Default.jpg

The Gears of War iPhone

http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/imgcache/18958.png

The Hello Kitty iPhone

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs46/i/2009/190/8/e/Iphone_Theme____Hello_Kitty___by_luv3rboyz.png

2x Games

• Effort increase: • Game Mechanics– No change

• Programming– Art integration– Perhaps differing collision detections

• Artwork– 200% You’ve got to do 2x as much work

Taxonomies

• Taxonomy is the science of classification– Thus a taxonomy is a generalisation

• As such, we don’t 100% rely on these• They are tools, not THE tools• Now for the first one of GDT

Bartle’s Taxonomy of Player Types

Players World

Interacting

Acting

AchieversKillers

SocialisersExplorers

Destruction? Nurturing?

Players World

Interacting

Acting

AchieversKillers

SocialisersExplorers

Side Note http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/polar_express/24.jpg

Avoid Uncanny Valley

• It may be a myth, but if it proves to be real, you do NOT want to visit.

• Uncanny Valley is how Masahiro Mori related human empathy to human likeness.

• The Polar Express was considered creepy by many

http://jonathanjoly.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/uncanny-valley1.jpg

The End