Game Design

Interested in game design? This weekend, we feature an interesting look at game design in the NES game Megaman and its SNES sequel Megaman X, through a video by Egoraptor.

The shell game is a cliché of street corners in black and white movies and modern cities: the hustler puts a pea under one of three shells, and swaps the shells around rapidly, challenging you to pick the shell with the pea underneath. The punter will typically get it correct... right up to the point where big money is at stake, or when the punter isn't one of the hustler's cronies. In this tutorial, exclusive to Premium members, you'll learn how to create your own version of the shell game - except without the cheating!

Have you ever dived right in to developing a game, but found yourself having to constantly change aspects of the design or the gameplay due to a lack of planning? You should consider using a game design document: a guiding vision of the game as a whole, pulling together ideas and plans for the design, development, and business sides of your game.