Readings and Homeplays

Reading + Homeplay Response 1

Read Kate Compton's "So you want to build a generator"

AND

Play at least ONE (1) of the following projects in this spreadsheet.

... and then submit your response here.

Optional readings:

• Kate Compton PROCJAM 2015 Talk (15:58 - 49:53) "Let It Grow: Practical Procedural Generation From The Ground Up"
• Herbert Wolverson 2020 Roguelike Celebration Talk "Procedural Map Generation Techniques"

Reading Response 2

Read Steve Swink’s “Game Feel: The Secret Ingredient”

AND

any ONE (1) of the following:

• Henry Jenkins, “Game Design As Narrative Architecture"
• Alenda Cheng, “Rambunctious Games: A Manifesto for Environmental Game Design”

... and then submit your responses here.

💡 Tip: You can add placeholder text inside the first question to see questions in the next section... just make sure your final submission is properly updated with your intended response!

Optional:

• Read Chapter 17 of Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation (pg. 316 of the PDF).
• Watch Juice it or lose it - a talk by Martin Jonasson & Petri Purho for a live demonstration of how to get juiciness with tweening, particles, and other visual design decisions.