Comments on: Acheiving Mastery http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/acheiving-mastery/ Games, Music and Politics Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Daniel Silverstein http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/acheiving-mastery/#comment-134 Daniel Silverstein Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:13:23 +0000 http://thomasjlkastner.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-134 If game design is like an RPG, then this summer is just one, giant Fed-Ex Quest for me. I'm heading to Staples soon to pick up notecards, paper, colored pencils, rulers... the WORKS, all for some new paper prototypes. Don't really know what I'm going to make yet. I have an idea for the first one, but the final execution is what counts. Actually, I was just thinking about it, and realizing that I better get cracking on the design or it'll never get done. =O But yeah really the only way to get good at something is to practice. Right now my game portfolio is severely lacking and I feel mediocre at best. No idea how to translate that to a level, because it's hard to determine when you ding as a game designer. I guess you could say I leveled up when we got people to have tons of fun while playing SS (which is getting a couple new features this week). The difference between leveling in an RPG and leveling in game design is that you don't level yourself; other people level you. And since no one game is going to appeal to everybody, you need to make a bunch of games, each of which appeals to different kinds people if you really want to be a master. Heck I'm even making a kid's game this summer. So keep that in mind because that's really the only way to hit the level cap. If game design is like an RPG, then this summer is just one, giant Fed-Ex Quest for me. I’m heading to Staples soon to pick up notecards, paper, colored pencils, rulers… the WORKS, all for some new paper prototypes. Don’t really know what I’m going to make yet. I have an idea for the first one, but the final execution is what counts. Actually, I was just thinking about it, and realizing that I better get cracking on the design or it’ll never get done. =O

But yeah really the only way to get good at something is to practice. Right now my game portfolio is severely lacking and I feel mediocre at best. No idea how to translate that to a level, because it’s hard to determine when you ding as a game designer. I guess you could say I leveled up when we got people to have tons of fun while playing SS (which is getting a couple new features this week). The difference between leveling in an RPG and leveling in game design is that you don’t level yourself; other people level you. And since no one game is going to appeal to everybody, you need to make a bunch of games, each of which appeals to different kinds people if you really want to be a master. Heck I’m even making a kid’s game this summer. So keep that in mind because that’s really the only way to hit the level cap.

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