11 July 2008 - about flow game

Today, I show the flow from thatgamecompany to my students. I taught what I have learnt yesterday.

http://www.thatgamecompany.com/

First I ask my students, what games do you like and what games you play? So some of my students said GTA4, audition, warcarft, maple story, super mario, soccer game and many more. I told them I like to play dead or alive and car racing games.

After that, I said when create a game, the main objective is fun. I can be simple game and yet addictive.

So I show my students the flow game and talk about it. My students said it seems like a boring game. Then I said "Well, its seems boring to me a first". I told them actually last week I was playing this game. I said this is a boring game, maybe I will play for 5 mins....so after 5 mins was up then I said maybe another 5 mins to eat up all the organisms to get my creature longer...then another 5 mins, hmmm let me finish the other organisms over there and then another 5 mins...then another 5 and another 5...So I was addicted...hahaha then my students laughed.

I told them this game is good because people at any age from 5 to 80 yrs old can play this game. simple, easy and addictive. This is a good game design - good design (out of the box) and good gameplay (nice and easy to play). No need manual for begineers.

I ask them to try it when they are free and tell me about it.

It's fun to be this Sdip course at nyp I enjoyed it. What I learnt I could apply in my teaching.

Thanks