Paper prototypes?

Mare Kuntz · 2006-03-10T15:57:47

I saw a game design for cheap at the local used bookstore this weekend so I grabbed it. The book is _The Game Design Workshop_ by Fullerton, Swain, and Hoffman. One thing in particular surprised me about this book - its heavy emphasis on creating paper prototypes and playtesting them before you start programming. Unfortunately it didn't give any suggestions on exactly how you create a paper prototype for a computer game. It seems counterintuitive to me - the whole point of making games out of programming is because this medium allows automating and instant interactivity that boardgames don't. How do you use paper to simulate arcade-style combat or jumping over holes and dodging divebombing enemies? [Edited by - sunandshadow on March 6, 2006 12:22:56 AM]

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Started by sunandshadow March 05, 2006 11:57 PM

20 comments, last by doctorsixstring 18 years, 11 months ago

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March 10, 2006 03:57 PM

This thread just cost me $61.45 (USD) [smile]. I've mentally toyed with the idea of making a prototype for my 4x SF RTS project for a while now, so I suppose you guys just pushed me over the edge.

- Mike

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