Module 1 · A session
- Define how long a match lasts
- Write how a player joins
- Write how a match ends
- Keep the rules short enough to remember
COURSE
Multiplayer Game Design Studio
$257.00
Design a small online game around sessions, roles, and the moment a stranger joins a match already in progress.
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Design a small online game around sessions, roles, and the moment a stranger joins a match already in progress. Across about 16 hours you will define how long a match lasts, give players different jobs if the game needs them, design the moment a new player enters a live match, and play a match with a new person.
Advanced · 16 hours · Design
Curriculum
Module 2 · Roles
- Give players different jobs if the game needs them
- Make a late joiner useful
- Show the team state
- Test with three people
Module 3 · A stranger joins
- Design the moment a new player enters a live match
- Tell them the objective immediately
- Do not reset everyone else without a reason
- Write the join rules
Module 4 · Review
- Play a match with a new person
- Note the confusing minute
- Change one rule
- Play again
