{"id":181,"date":"2007-12-19T17:39:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/decisionproblem.com\/seminar\/?p=181"},"modified":"2008-02-11T05:26:08","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T05:26:08","slug":"the-designers-dillema-part-one-bringing-it-all-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamedesignadvance.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"The Designer’s Dilemma: Bringing It All Back Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

This semester, I wrote, designed and built a number of dialogue-driven games in my Inclusive Games Design class, headed by Amit Pitaru, here at ITP. I’ve mostly been proud of the results, but I must admit that most of them didn’t really meet the needs of our target audience– namely handicapped children. While one of my games has <\/em>managed to reach the children, and was on display as part of our class’ presentation at the ITP Winter Show, some of the games I’m proudest of have remained largely class-only affairs. I’m changing that right now. While I continue to work on other, longer works over the break, I’ll post my games here, so that they reach an audience of some<\/em> kind.<\/p>\n

\"Is<\/p>\n


\nFirst up is one of the first games I made using my dialogue-design, and while it’s a little less polished than my later efforts, I’ve got a soft spot for it. It was developed after I watched Videodrome<\/em> one evening, and wondered how you could create a truly paranoid, dystopian experience for children. In the end, I came up with a somewhat auto-biographical game, drawn from my memories of the first grade. I can’t imagine why nobody thought it was appropriate…<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.divshare.com\/download\/3167197-587<\/a><\/p>\n

Second, is the game I hoped to present in the Winter Show at ITP, but was also turned down by the school’s teachers, and therefore not included. As per their request to create a game which could teach children the importance of brushing their teeth, but as before, they weren’t quite comfortable with the title I came up with. Turns out that children aren’t terribly fond of going to the dentist, so they wouldn’t be crazy about playing a game featuring one. One person called this “Gestapo-design.” For some reason, as a designer, that feels like a strange kind of compliment.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.divshare.com\/download\/3167235-ac9<\/a><\/p>\n

Any feedback will be most valuable. Until next time, pleasant dreamers, pencils down and make sure to remember our freedom-fighter brothers and sisters in Iran and Nicaragua…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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