Engineering emergence: applied theory for game design

Joris Dormans ontwikkelde softwaretools om het ontwerpen van games te ondersteunen en naar een hoger plan te tillen. Toegepaste theorie voor game design, zoals Dormans die voorstelt, is er op gericht om creativiteit te ondersteunen, het ontwerpproces te versnellen, en de kwaliteit van games te verhogen. Hierbij spelen twee theoretische kaders een rol. Het eerste kader beschrijft games als systemen van spelregels, waarbij de onderlinge structuur van doorslaggevend belang is in het onvoorspelbare en complexe gedrag dat de game vertoont. Het tweede kader helpt designers bij het ontwerpen van open, dynamische gamewerelden die gericht zijn op het creeren van een soepele, consistente spelervaring. Beide kaders staan in elkaars verlengde: in een goed ontworpen game komen de gamewereld en de spelregels samen in een nauwkeurig gebalanceerd geheel. De kaders kunnen worden ingezet om, met behulp van methodes uit de software engineering, het designproces van een game verder te professionaliseren. Dormans presenteert een theorie en softwaretools die designers in staat stellen om domeinspecifieke kennis vast te leggen, spelregelsystemen vroegtijdig te simuleren en te toetsen, en om het ontwerpproces gedeeltelijk te automatiseren.

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