Index

A

• accessibility
  • increasing / Increasing accessibility
  • congnitive load, reducing / Reducing cognitive load
  • complexity of interaction, limiting / Limiting the complexity of interaction
  • visual clarity, maintaining / Maintaining visual clarity
  • audio optional, creating / Making audio optional
  • negative consequences, restricting / Restricting negative consequences
  • common knowledge, building / Building on common knowledge
• Achievers / Bartle's types of players
• additive design / Additive and subtractive design
• Agile
  • about / Agile
  • Scrum / Scrum
• Agile Manifesto
  • URL / Agile
• art implementation / Art implementation
• audience, game concept
  • age rating systems / Age rating systems
• audio optional
  • creating / Making audio optional
• automatic difficulty adjustment
  • about / Automatic difficulty adjustment
  • rubberbanding / Rubberbanding
  • multiplayer matchmaking / Multiplayer matchmaking
  • progression-driven difficulty / Progression-driven difficulty

B

• balancing
  • MBT balancing / MBT balancing
  • Layered Modifiers / Layered Modifiers
• brainstorming
  • reference link / Is the result of a discussion
• bundles
  • about / Bundles and targeting
  • EV, utilizing / Utilizing EV in bundle creation
  • individual player spending / Adjusting your offering based on individual player spending
• business model, game concept
  • premium / Business model
  • subscription / Business model
  • Free to Play (F2P) / Business model

C

• Call of Duty (CoD) / Shooting and reloading
• camera settings
  • selecting / Choosing camera settings
• camera systems / Camera systems
• camera types
  • about / Camera types
  • static / Static
  • manual camera / Manual camera
  • camera, tracking / Tracking camera
  • compound camera / Compound Camera
• Certification Points (CP) / Example – Planetside 2
• character
  • about / Playable characters, NPCs, and enemies, The bad guys
  • function / The function of characters
  • friend/assistant / Friend/Assistant
  • lover / Lover
  • mentor / Mentor
  • minions / Minions (enemies)
  • allies / Allies
  • boss / Boss
  • antagonist / Antagonist or the Villain
  • villain / Antagonist or the Villain
  • hostage / Hostage
  • vendor / Vendor
  • quest giver / Quest Giver
  • competitor / Competitor
  • villain, types / Types of Villains
  • enemies, type / Types of enemies
  • enemy behaviors / Enemy behaviors and stats
  • stats / Enemy behaviors and stats
  • enemies, existing to entertain player / Enemies exist to entertain the player
• character design
  • about / A step by step character design
  • deep knowledge of game, acquiring / Acquire a deep knowledge of the game
  • design pillars / Write down the design pillars
  • high concept / Write a high concept
  • stats, defining / Define and balance the stats
  • stats, balancing / Define and balance the stats
  • weapon / Weapon
  • abilities / Abilities
  • iterate / Prototype and iterate
  • prototype / Prototype and iterate
  • final implementation / Final implementation
• character statistics / Character Statistics
• cognitive load
  • reducing / Reducing cognitive load
  • mental challenges, avoiding with binary outcomes / Avoiding mental challenges with binary outcomes
  • initial complexity, limiting / Limiting initial complexity and interplay between rules
  • rules, limiting / Limiting initial complexity and interplay between rules
  • knowledge cliffs, lowering / Lowering the knowledge cliffs
• Collectible Card Game (CCG) / It starts with goals and requirements
• combat depth
  • about / Combat depth
  • achieving / How to achieve depth
  • emergent gameplay / Emergent gameplay
  • depth / Depth and complexity
  • complexity / Depth and complexity
  • complexity, reducing / Reducing complexity
• combat systems
  • about / Combat systems, Questioning a combat system
  • designing / How to design a combat system
  • holistic game design / Holistic game design
  • types / Types of combat system
• common knowledge
  • building / Building on common knowledge
• community and customer support team (CCS) / Community and customer support
• complexity of interaction
  • limiting / Limiting the complexity of interaction
• congnitive load
  • reducing / Reducing cognitive load
• content lifespan
  • about / Content lifespan
  • real-world example / Real-world examples
• control types, player input
  • about / Control types
  • digital input / Digital input
  • analog input / Analog input
  • complex analog input / Complex analog input
  • touch screen controls / Touch screen controls

D

• dead zone / Analog input
• designer's loop / Designer's loops
• design polish
  • about / Design polish
  • play / Play
  • talk / Talk
• design work
  • planning / Planning design work
  • estimation techniques / Estimation techniques
  • priorities / Priorities and dependencies
  • dependencies / Priorities and dependencies
  • implementation / Start from the middle
• difficulty, vectors of monetization
  • about / Difficulty
  • Band-aids / Difficulty
  • long-term solutions / Difficulty
• digital prototyping
  • about / Digital prototyping
  • from paper prototyping / From paper to digital
  • abstraction, versus reality / Abstraction versus reality
  • reality, versus abstraction / Abstraction versus reality
  • implementing / Moving on
• diversity / Diversity
• downloadable content (DLC) / Traditional milestone structure, Business model

E

• emotional significance
  • of exploration / Emotional significance of exploration
• enemies / Playable characters, NPCs, and enemies
• enemies, types
  • about / Types of enemies
  • chaser/aggressor / Chaser/Aggressor
  • patroller / Patroller
  • guard / Guard
  • shooter / Shooter
  • swarm / Swarm
  • cannon fodder / Cannon Fodder
  • tank / Tank
• environmental storytelling / Environmental storytelling
• event classification
  • about / Event classification
  • individual events / Event classification
  • group vs group / Event classification
  • server-wide events / Event classification
  • faction events / Event classification
  • league events / Event classification
• event components
  • about / Event components
  • totalizers / Totalizers
  • totalizers, prestiging / Prestiging totalizers
  • scored leaderboards / Scored leaderboards
  • knockout / Knockout
• event engagement / Event participation and engagement
• event intensity / Event intensity and player burndown
• event participation / Event participation and engagement
• event rewards / Event rewards
• Experience Points (XP) / Mechanics and dynamics produce feedback
• Explorers / Bartle's types of players

F

• fantasy
  • creating, through game mechanics / Creating the fantasy through game mechanics
• feedback
  • about / Feedback
  • UI feedback / Feedback
  • character and object animation / Feedback
  • physics / Feedback
  • visual effects / Feedback
  • screen effects / Feedback
  • tactile feedback / Feedback
  • audio / Feedback
  • textual feedback / Feedback
• First Person Shooter (FPS) / Genre, Developing an idea into an experience
• First Time User Experience (FTUE) / Economy and balancing
• FPS (frames per second) / Stability and performance
• Free to Play monetization
  • basics / Basics of Free to Play monetization
  • vectors of monetization / Vectors of monetization
  • game economy, establishing / Establishing a game economy

G

• gacha
  • about / Gacha
  • quality / Pillar 1 – Quantity and quality
  • quantity / Pillar 1 – Quantity and quality
  • player capacity / Pillar 2 – Player capacity
  • desirability / Pillar 3 – Desirability
  • sustainability / Pillar 4 – Sustainability
  • duplicate handling / Pillar 5 – Duplicate handling
  • weight-based loot tables / Weight-based loot tables
  • packaging and opening / Packaging and opening
  • consistency, maintaining / Maintaining consistency
  • kompu gacha / Kompu gacha
  • box gacha / Box gacha
• game
  • rules / Rules and game mechanics
  • developing / Putting the pieces together
  • features / Feature creep, Less is more
• game's model loop / Game's model and player's mental loops
• game balancing
  • methods / Balancing methods and tips
  • tips / Balancing methods and tips
• game concept
  • about / What is a game concept?
  • hook / The "hook" or "elevator pitch"
  • elevator pitch / The "hook" or "elevator pitch"
  • description / Description
  • key feature set / Key feature set
  • platform / Platform
  • audience / Audience
  • genre / Genre
  • business model / Business model
  • competition, analyzing / Know your competition
  • ideas / The ideation process, Coming up with ideas
  • mechanics, twisting / Twisting familiar mechanics
  • creativity, with constraints / Creativity through constraints
  • fun, mechanics / Finding the fun
  • fantasy, defining / Defining the fantasy
  • aesthetic / The mood, or "how the game looks and feels"
• game content
  • about / Game content
  • content burn / Content burn
  • content furnace, avoiding / Avoiding content furnace
  • depth / Depth and possibility space
  • possibility space / Depth and possibility space
  • randomization / Randomization and procedural generation
  • procedural generation / Randomization and procedural generation
  • content treadmill, managing / Managing content treadmill
  • remixing / Managing content treadmill
  • replaying / Managing content treadmill
  • resurfacing / Managing content treadmill
  • depth, increasing / Managing content treadmill
  • rules, altering / Managing content treadmill
  • pipeline, improving / Managing content treadmill
• game design
  • roles / Game design roles
  • generalists / Game design roles
  • economy designers / Game design roles
  • monetization specialists / Game design roles
  • level designers / Game design roles
  • mission designers / Game design roles
  • content designers / Game design roles
  • narrative designers / Game design roles
  • systems designers / Game design roles
  • technical designers / Game design roles
  • specialization / Specialization and T-shaping
  • T-shaping / Specialization and T-shaping
  • development teams / Development teams
  • responsibilities / Responsibilities of a game designer
  • production schedule / Production schedule and milestones
  • milestones / Production schedule and milestones
  • greenlight gates / Greenlight gates and vertical slice
  • vertical slice / Greenlight gates and vertical slice
  • traditional milestone structure / Traditional milestone structure
• game design, elegance
  • about / Elegance in game design
  • Keep it short and simple (KISS) principle / Keep it short and simple (KISS)
  • less is more principle / The less-is-more principle
• game design document (GDD)
  • about / Responsibilities of a game designer
  • need for / What is the purpose of a GDD?
  • characteristics / Characteristics of a good GDD, It is modular, It starts with goals and requirements, Is the result of a discussion, Is clear, brief, and concise, Is multimedial, It leaves space for creativity and debate, It comes in different formats and sizes, It is online
  • writing tools / Tools for writing a GDD
• game designer / Game designers and QA
• game difficulty
  • about / Game difficulty
  • static difficulty settings / Static difficulty settings
  • automatic difficulty adjustment / Automatic difficulty adjustment
• game economy
  • establishing / Establishing a game economy
  • monetization strategy, adjusting / Adjusting the monetization strategy
  • player progression, balancing / Balancing player progression
  • gacha / Gacha
  • bundles / Bundles and targeting
  • targeting / Bundles and targeting
  • purchase rationalization / Purchase rationalization
• game features
  • evolving / Introduction
  • developing / Development
  • twist / Twist
  • conclusion / Conclusion
• game flow
  • about / Game flow
  • menu flow, example / Example of a menu flow
• game loops
  • about / Game loops
  • game's model loop / Game's model and player's mental loops
  • player's mental loops / Game's model and player's mental loops
  • interactive loops / Interactive loops
  • designer's loop / Designer's loops
• game mechanic
  • about / What is a game mechanic?, Rules and game mechanics
  • examples / Examples of game mechanics
  • executing / Jump!
  • jumping / Jump!
  • shooting / Shooting and reloading
  • reloading / Shooting and reloading
  • action points / Action points
  • list / List of common game mechanics
  • interaction, for developing dynamics / Game mechanics interact with each other to develop dynamics
  • feature / Mechanics and dynamics are part of a feature
  • design, approaching / Approaching mechanic design
  • feedback / Mechanics and dynamics produce feedback
  • reference, finding / Finding the right reference
  • references, deconstructing / Deconstructing your references
  • creating / Developing an idea into an experience
  • used, for solving problem / New mechanics to solve a problem
  • innovating / New mechanics to innovate
  • building / Building a new game mechanic
  • Bartle's players / Bartle's types of players
  • Lazzaro's fun / Lazzaro's types of fun
  • Shell's taxonomy / Shell's taxonomy of game mechanics
  • teaching / Teaching game mechanics
  • tutorial, designing / How to design a tutorial
  • free game plays / Tutorials in Free to Play games
• game mechanics
  • fantasy, creating / Creating the fantasy through game mechanics
• gameplay
  • space, manipulating / Manipulating space
• gameplay balancing / Gameplay balancing
• game project
  • tips and tricks / Tips for closing a game project
• game publisher
  • role / Role of a games publisher
• game rules / Rules and game mechanics
• game structure
  • about / Game structure, Common game structures
  • linear / Linear
  • structured nonlinear / Structured nonlinear
  • open nonlinear / Open nonlinear
  • endless / Endless and sandbox
  • sandbox / Endless and sandbox
  • notes, on structure / Notes on structure
• game system pacing
  • examples / Pacing via rules and mechanics
• game systems
  • conflict / Games as systems of conflict
  • opponents / Opponents
  • obstacles / Obstacles
  • dilemmas / Dilemmas
  • quality, over quantity / Quality over quantity
  • choices / More choices, not best choices
  • theory, wrapping up / Wrapping up the theory
  • teaching / Teaching game systems
  • in-game teaching techniques / In-game teaching techniques
  • best practices / Best practices, Don't kill (with) the messenger, Understand the effects of the training mode, Focus your efforts on innovative and obscure, Pick the right moment to work on tutorials, Make a tutorial plan, Try a 3 step process, Test and iterate, Some things are best left unexplained
• grayboxing / Grayboxing

H

• hands-on game designer / The hands-on game designer
• heads-up display (HUD) / Listing and prioritizing information
• height
  • in games / Height

I

• illustration tools / Illustration tools
• in-game teaching techniques
  • about / In-game teaching techniques
  • beginner's training / In-game teaching techniques
  • context-sensitive tutorials / In-game teaching techniques
  • optional training segments / In-game teaching techniques
  • information, leaving in environment / In-game teaching techniques
  • teaching by example / In-game teaching techniques
  • reinforcement / In-game teaching techniques
  • accessible information / In-game teaching techniques
  • failure / In-game teaching techniques
• ind maps
  • writing / Mind maps
• intellectual property (IP) / Role of a games publisher, The ideation process
• interactive loops
  • about / Interactive loops
  • core loops / Core loops
  • extended loops / Extended loops
• iteration / Iteration

K

• Keep it short and simple (KISS) principle / Keep it short and simple (KISS)
• key feature set
  • about / Key feature set
  • USP, finding / Finding your USP
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) / Terms of engagement
• Killers / Bartle's types of players

L

• Layered Modifiers
  • about / Layered Modifiers
  • Global sheet / Tier 1 – Globals sheet
  • Character Classes sheet / Tier 2 – Character Classes sheet
  • Character Archetype sheet / Tier 3 – Character Archetype sheet
  • Character Upgrade Path sheet / Tier 4 – Character Upgrade Path sheet
  • Troop Level Data sheet / Tier 5 – Troop Level Data sheet
  • use case summary / Use case summary
• less is more principle / The less-is-more principle
• level design
  • about / What is level design?, Level design and storytelling
  • process / The level design process
  • premise / The premise
  • sketch / The sketch
  • grayboxing / Grayboxing
  • art implementation / Art implementation
  • releasing / Final polish
  • practices / Level design practices
  • functional level design / Functional level design and realism
  • realism / Functional level design and realism
  • game features, evolving / Evolving game features
  • pacing / Pacing from day one
  • lock and key / Lock and key
  • geometry / Geometry and gameplay
  • gameplay / Geometry and gameplay
  • effects of lighting / Effects of lighting
  • vision, as mechanic / Vision as a mechanic
  • in multiplayer action games / Level design in multiplayer action games
• limitations, prototype
  • never-ending prototype / The never-ending prototype
  • time creating systems, spending / Spending time creating systems
  • used as code-base, for production project / Using the prototype as a code-base for the production project
  • time adding features, spending / Spending time adding features, art, and effects
  • time adding art, spending / Spending time adding features, art, and effects
  • time adding effects, spending / Spending time adding features, art, and effects
  • confirmations, seeking / Seeking confirmations
• linear game content
  • pacing / Pacing linear content
• linear narrative
  • about / Linear narrative
  • with extended space of action / Linear with extended space of action
• live-game balancing / Live-game balancing
• live games
  • tips and tricks / Tips and tricks
• live operations
  • about / Live operations
  • key aspects / Live operations
  • staffing / Staffing
  • efficiency / Efficient live ops
  • live-game balancing / Live-game balancing
  • planning / Planning
  • calendar / Live ops calendar
  • release cadence / Release cadence
  • tools and setup / Tools and setup
  • events / Events
  • community and customer support team (CCS) / Community and customer support
• localization / Localization

M

• massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) / Open structure
• massive multiplayer first person shooter (MMOFPS) / Example – Planetside 2
• mass multiplayer online games (MMO) / Genre
• MBT balancing / MBT balancing
• menu flow
  • example / Example of a menu flow
• methodologies, video games
  • functionality testing / Quality assurance
  • compliance testing / Quality assurance
  • compatibility testing / Quality assurance
  • localization testing / Quality assurance
  • soak testing / Quality assurance
  • regression testing / Quality assurance
• mind maps / Mind maps
• minimum viable product (MVP) / Priorities and dependencies
• modular narrative
  • about / Modular narrative
  • graph / Graph
  • open structure / Open structure
  • world state / World state
• monomyth / Monomyths
• movement pattern / Patroller
• Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) / Bartle's types of players
• multiplayer matchmaking / Multiplayer matchmaking
• multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) / Depth and possibility space
• Multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA) / Genre

N

• narrative
  • about / Narrative, Do all games have a narrative?, Why are stories good for games?
  • designing, for video games / Designing narrative for video games
  • linear narrative / Linear narrative
  • modular narrative / Modular narrative
  • environmental storytelling / Environmental storytelling
• narrative models
  • about / Traditional narrative models
  • three-act story / Three-act story
  • monomyth / Monomyths
• narrative review process
  • about / Narrative review process
  • read / Step one – Read
  • review / Step two – Review
  • analyze / Step three – Analyze
  • benefits / The benefit of narrative review
• negative consequences
  • restricting / Restricting negative consequences
• non-disclosure agreement (NDA) / Personal and professional network
• Non-Playable Characters (NPC) / Extended loops, Playable characters, NPCs, and enemies
• non-playable content, vectors of monetization
  • about / Non-playable content
  • cosmetic items / Non-playable content
  • optional services / Non-playable content

O

• outside gameplay
  • teaching / Teaching outside gameplay
  • tips, loading / Teaching outside gameplay
  • cutscenes and videos, training / Teaching outside gameplay
  • game manuals and guides / Teaching outside gameplay
  • in-game knowledge banks / Teaching outside gameplay
  • external wikis / Teaching outside gameplay
  • peer-to-peer knowledge sharing / Teaching outside gameplay

P

• pacing
  • about / Pacing
  • mental simulation / Mental and sensory stimulation
  • sensory simulation / Mental and sensory stimulation
  • approaching / How to approach pacing
  • tips / High-intensity and storytelling, Utilizing threat and anxiety
• pacing, tips / Pacing tips
• paper prototyping
  • about / Paper prototyping
  • advantages / Advantages of paper prototyping
  • disadvantages / Limitations of paper prototypes
  • case-study / A paper prototype case-study
  • issues, addressing / Addressing the problem, Creating the rules – step 3, Implementation – step 4, First play – step 5, Final step
  • to digital prototyping / From paper to digital
• perceived performance / Perceived performance
• personal network / Personal and professional network
• playable characters / Playable characters, NPCs, and enemies
• playable content, vectors of monetization
  • about / Playable content
  • permanent / Playable content
  • consumable / Playable content
• player's mental loops / Game's model and player's mental loops
• player burndown / Event intensity and player burndown
• player progression flow / Player progression flow
• playtesters
  • advantages / Personal and professional network
  • disadvantages / Personal and professional network
• playtesting
  • about / Playtesting, What to playtest?
  • formats / Playtesting formats
  • individual sessions / Individual sessions
  • group playtesting / Group playtesting
  • public testing / Public testing
  • remote playtesting solutions / Remote playtesting solutions
  • sourcing candidates / Sourcing candidates
• playtesting questionnaires / Playtesting questionnaires
• playtesting session
  • executing / Running playtesting sessions
  • supervised individual sessions / Supervised individual sessions
  • unsupervised group playtesting / Unsupervised group playtesting
• polish
  • about / Polish, How to polish
  • stability and performance / Stability and performance
  • audio and visual / Audio and visual
• powerful sets / Kompu gacha
• premise / The premise
• presentations
  • about / Presentations
  • advantages / Presentations
  • disadvantages / Presentations
• production
  • about / Traditional milestone structure
  • pre-alpha / Traditional milestone structure
  • alpha / Traditional milestone structure
  • Beta / Traditional milestone structure
  • gold candidate / Traditional milestone structure
  • GM (Gold Master) / Traditional milestone structure
  • release / Traditional milestone structure
• professional network / Personal and professional network
• project management (PM) tools
  • about / Project management (PM) tools
  • advantages / Project management (PM) tools
  • disadvantages / Project management (PM) tools
• prototype
  • about / What is a prototype?
  • consideration / Why a prototype?
  • techniques / Prototyping techniques
  • limitations / Common prototyping mistakes
  • guidelines / A step-by-step guide to prototyping
  • examples / Prototyping exercise
• prototyping
  • about / Prototyping
  • iteration / Iteration
• public test realm (PTR) / What to playtest?
• purchase rationalization
  • about / Purchase rationalization
  • audience, evaluating / Evaluate your audience!
  • limited budgets / Players have limited budgets
• puzzles / Gameplay balancing

Q

• quality assurance / Quality assurance, Game designers and QA

R

• recruited testers
  • about / Recruited testers
  • advantages / Recruited testers
  • disadvantages / Recruited testers
• Rivers and Lakes / Linear narrative
• rock-paper-scissors (RPS) / Questioning a combat system
• role-playing games (RPG) / Genre
• rubberbanding / Rubberbanding

S

• scoping
  • practices / Scoping practices
  • content lifespan / Content lifespan
• Scrum / Scrum
• Shell's taxonomy, game mechanics
  • about / Shell's taxonomy of game mechanics
  • space / Mechanic 1 – space
  • attributes / Mechanic 2 – objects, attributes, and states
  • states / Mechanic 2 – objects, attributes, and states
  • actions / Mechanic 3 – actions
  • rules / Mechanic 4 – rules
  • skill / Mechanic 5 – skill
  • chance / Mechanic 6 – chance
• sketch
  • about / The sketch
  • writing, example / Example – written sketch
  • imaginary playthrough, example / Example – imaginary playthrough, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (FPS) – Pripyat assassination
• Socializers / Bartle's types of players
• software development models
  • about / Software development models
  • Waterfall / Waterfall
  • Agile / Agile
• sourcing candidates
  • about / Sourcing candidates
  • professional network / Personal and professional network
  • personal network / Personal and professional network
  • recruited testers / Recruited testers
  • strangers / Strangers
• space
  • manipulating / Manipulating space
• spreadsheets
  • about / Spreadsheets
  • advantages / Spreadsheets
  • disadvantages / Spreadsheets
• staffing / Staffing
• stages, monomyth
  • about / 17 stages of the hero's journey
  • departure / Departure
  • initiation / Initiation
  • return / Return
• static difficulty settings
  • mono-difficulty / Embracing mono-difficulty
• strangers
  • about / Strangers
  • advantages / Strangers
  • disadvantages / Strangers
• Strings of Pearls / Linear narrative
• subtractive design / Additive and subtractive design
• supervised individual sessions
  • about / Supervised individual sessions
  • session / Session introduction
  • playtesting session / Playtesting session
  • post-session interview / Post-session interview

T

• techniques, prototype
  • paper prototyping / Paper prototyping
  • digital prototyping / Digital prototyping
• terms of engagement
  • about / Terms of engagement
  • basic stats / Basic stats
  • analytics / Marketing and analytics
  • marketing / Marketing and analytics
  • economy / Economy and balancing
  • balancing / Economy and balancing
• Third Person Perspective (TPP) / Third person
• three-act story / Three-act story
• time, vectors of monetization
  • about / Time
  • explicitly via timers / Time
  • implicitly via resources / Time
• traditional milestone structure
  • about / Traditional milestone structure
  • concept phase / Traditional milestone structure
  • preproduction / Traditional milestone structure
  • production / Traditional milestone structure
  • post-release / Traditional milestone structure

U

• UI indicators
  • progress bars / Choose a fitting state and progress indicator
  • circular indicators / Choose a fitting state and progress indicator
  • color grading / Choose a fitting state and progress indicator
• UI mockups
  • about / UI mockups
  • paper sketches / Paper sketches
  • digital wireframes / Digital wireframes
  • animated prototypes / Animated and interactive prototypes
  • interactive prototypes / Animated and interactive prototypes
• UI tips and tricks
  • about / UI Tips and Tricks
  • progress indicator, selecting / Choose a fitting state and progress indicator
  • fitting state, selecting / Choose a fitting state and progress indicator
  • notification badges, using / Consider using notification badges
  • pop-up, matching with context / Match the pop-up with the context
  • tooltips, limitations / Understand the limitations of tooltips
  • labeling / Consider labeling your UI
  • intuitive control design, rules / Do not reinvent the wheel!
  • user's movement / Use movement, contrast, and saturation to grab the user's attention
  • user's contrast / Use movement, contrast, and saturation to grab the user's attention
  • user's saturation / Use movement, contrast, and saturation to grab the user's attention
  • style guide, requesting / Request or create a style guide and enforce it
  • style guide, creating / Request or create a style guide and enforce it
  • style guide, enforcing / Request or create a style guide and enforce it
  • game theme, keeping / Keep theme and pacing in mind
  • game pace / Keep theme and pacing in mind
  • risky actions, confirming / Confirm risky actions
  • time counting / Count the time and steps to play
  • computer screens, analyzing / Screens differ – often widely
  • Gutenberg Principle / UI placement is a science
• Unique Selling Point (USP) / What is a game concept?, Finding the right reference
• unlock matrix / Unlock matrix
• unsupervised group playtesting
  • about / Unsupervised group playtesting
  • objective, setting / Setting an objective
  • feedback, gathering / Gathering feedback
• user-generated content / User-generated content
• User Experience (UX)
  • about / Illustration tools, User Experience
  • player input / Player input
  • camera systems / Camera systems
  • feedback / Feedback
• User Interface (UI)
  • about / Illustration tools
  • designing / Designing UIs
  • information, listing / Listing and prioritizing information
  • information, prioritizing / Listing and prioritizing information
  • critical / Listing and prioritizing information
  • supportive / Listing and prioritizing information
  • contextual / Listing and prioritizing information
• UX Matters
  • reference link / UI placement is a science

V

• validation funnel, game design
  • about / Validation funnel in-game development
  • ideation / Validation funnel in-game development
  • preproduction / Validation funnel in-game development
  • market sizing / Validation funnel in-game development
  • internal prototype / Validation funnel in-game development
  • Alpha / Validation funnel in-game development
  • Beta / Validation funnel in-game development
  • soft launch / Validation funnel in-game development
  • KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) / Validation funnel in-game development
  • release / Validation funnel in-game development
  • live ops / Validation funnel in-game development
• vectors of monetization / Vectors of monetization
• VFX (visual effects) / Specialization and T-shaping
• viewing perspective
  • about / Viewing perspectives
  • first person / First person
  • third person / Third person
• villain, types
  • about / Types of Villains
  • story villains / Types of Villains
  • boss villains / Types of Villains
• visual clarity
  • maintaining / Maintaining visual clarity

W

• Waterfall / Waterfall
• wiki
  • about / Wiki
  • advantages / Wiki
  • disadvantages / Wiki
• word processors
  • about / Word processors
  • advantages / Word processors
  • disadvantages / Word processors
• writing techniques, GDD (game design document)
  • about / Writing techniques
  • style, using / Use of style
  • layering details / Layering details
  • prioritize / Prioritize
  • keywords, using / Use of keywords
  • table of contents / Table of Contents
  • bullets points / Bullet points
  • images with captions / Images with captions
  • diagrams / Diagrams
  • variables / Variables
  • redundancy / Redundancy
  • hyperlinks / Hyperlinks
  • draft / Write incrementally by drafting
• writing tools, GDD (game design document)
  • word processors / Word processors
  • presentations / Presentations
  • mind maps / Mind maps
  • spreadsheets / Spreadsheets
  • project management (PM) tools / Project management (PM) tools
  • wiki / Wiki
  • illustration tools / Illustration tools