Game Design Standards

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 06, 2003 3:04pm PST

Related Topics – Games: PC, John Romero, Game Design

Entertainment Depot has an article called Standards in Game Design, asking several game developers (Levelord, George Broussard, John Romero, Rick Johnson and others) about certain aspects of a game that should always be the same. Like Esc bringing up the menu, having an option to invert mouse in FPS games, etc.

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By: paganritual x Show Full Post

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stripper videos for unlocking new areas in arcade games should be standard

Feb 06, 2003 3:12pm PST

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stripper videos for unlocking new areas in arcade games should be standard : paganritual
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I think first person shooters should have a minimum amount of crates. Can't seem to have too much of those (Unreal 2 is another great example of this, with several types o crates placed at various silly locations).

George, how many crates would a standard best-gaym-evar need?

Feb 07, 2003 1:49am PST

I think first person shooters should have a minimum amount of crates. Can't seem to have too much of thos... : [7]kami

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Standards are good, but don't force genre X to always have this feature/standard implemented if it does not work with the game design.

ex.
An RPG should autosave when the player moves between areas
While that could work with "morrowind" type RPG's, the open ended kind, I don't see it as a viable solution to Final Fantasy RPGs, AKA Console RPGs, where there are fixed save points throughout the world.

Feb 06, 2003 3:27pm PST

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    I am becoming more, and more against the save anywhere feature. I have started the habit of abusing it b... : Wombat Woo

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All new games should be forced to support *at least* 5 mouse buttons. I'm sick of new games that utterly waste what modern mice can do.

If DNF doesn't support 5 mouse buttons, remind me to kill George. :)

Feb 06, 2003 10:33pm PST

All new games should be forced to support *at least* 5 mouse buttons. I'm sick of new games that utterly... : cap0rale

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Agreed, #7 & 15. Just because some people will exploit it and crawl their way through the game, doesn't mean those of us who play the game the way it was designed to be played should be punished.

You can't help yourself? Bah. Does that apply to cigarettes or anything else for you too? Develop some damn willpower. No one's standing behind you with a bat FORCING you to freakin' quicksave. Sheesh.

Feb 06, 2003 8:06pm PST

Agreed, #7 & 15. Just because some people will exploit it and crawl their way through the game, doesn't ... : Moebius

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YOU NEED THE BLUE KEY

Feb 06, 2003 5:37pm PST

YOU NEED THE BLUE KEY : FoX3D

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Thou shall hath 1 crate per acre, unless using a Carmack engine, then every square foot.

Feb 06, 2003 3:07pm PST

Thou shall hath 1 crate per acre, unless using a Carmack engine, then every square foot. : tribes2

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