🟥コンセプト

コンセプトのステップではプロジェクトのビジョンを明確にしながら制作に必要なものを理解し、プロジェクトをどのように進行していくのかを決定します。

初心者

スキルレベルに合ったデザインリミットを設定することでクオリティの高い体験を簡単に制作することができます。

• 初めてのプロジェクトの場合、マルチプレイヤーの体験制作には中級程度の知識が必要なため、複雑なものではなく、まずはシングルプレイヤーのゲームから制作することをお勧めします。詳細は「ゲームプレイの制作に関して」のページをご覧ください。

• 3D 空間での制作が初めての方はプロジェクトで制作がしやすいようにトップダウンかサイドスクロールにカメラの設定を変更することをお勧めします。

1. キックオフ

ミッション 1

全体プラン：プロジェクト完成までの工程

役割の割り当て

チームメンバーの名前とプロジェクトでの役割を書き出します。（例：クリエイティブディレクター、プロデューサー、アセットアーティスト、アニメーター、レベルデザイナー、ナラティブデザイナーなど）

ゴール

• オーディエンス - Who is it for? What existing content appeals to them and why? What makes your game concept fun?

• Goals - What is your goal date? Do you plan to launch to LAND, mint assets, and/or submit your Experience in a Game Jam?

• Risks - What are each team member's strengths and weaknesses? How does this affect your creative priorities? How will you adapt? (e.g., if no team member can animate, you can purchase assets, use templates, and keep animations simple to finish the project on time)

ミッション 2

BRAINSTORM: What is it?

Explore Your Concept

• Diverge - Brainstorm as many wild ideas as possible with an open minded approach. This is not the time to filter ideas, but to expand your creative potential with "yes, and" thinking. Keep this list - you may use it to modify your concept later or make another game!

• Converge - Combine interesting ideas into a fun and feasible game concept.

Refine Your Concept

• Vision - you'll refer to your project vision many times to be sure you're staying on track:

  • Write a short description (0-140 characters)

  • Create a bulleted list highlighting the most interesting and fun things about your project as if you are pitching it to a player

ミッション 3

GAME FLOW: How does it work?

GAMES ARE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Players learn by taking action, observing the results, making conclusions, and experimenting with new understanding (facing the same challenge or the next one).

Define Your Core Mechanics: Gameplay Loops

Draw a diagram and write out the player experience for 30 seconds of gameplay. Include:

• Core loop - What is the main repeating flow of your gameplay?

• Secondary loop(s) - How will secondary loops motivate or help players to complete the core loop? Do you need to add any feedback loops to balance the game positively or negatively?

Focus on the meaningful decisions players will make repeatedly to have fun. Hint: Even if players can't win, they'll keep playing if they can influence the outcome.

Types of Decisions

• Short-term - tactical, reactive

• Long-term - strategic, proactive

Timing of Decisions

• Real time - pressured by game events

• Turn based - time to plan decisions

Characteristics of Decisions

• Trade-offs/Risk vs. Reward

  • Immediate vs. Persistent Effects

  • Indirect "Ripple" Effects

• Meet Short and/or Long Term Goals

• Economic/Resource Management

• Survival/Situational

Influences on Player Decisions

• Preferred play style(s)

• Personal beliefs/feelings

• Assumptions from previous games

• Conclusions of how your game works based on information or experiential learning opportunities you provide

ミッション 4

PROTOTYING: Is it fun and feasible?

Test Game Loops

Without building anything in Game Maker, create a paper prototype to roughly "play through" the core and secondary loops of your game (use board game pieces, dice, rough sketches, etc).

Write down your reflections, discuss modifications, and test new ideas to refine the gameplay. Modify your Vision to take these things into account.

Test Logic in Question

USE LOGIC AS INTENDED

Innovation is exciting, but playability is most important. An Experience using logic beyond the intended purpose:

• may not function consistently in the current version of Game Maker

• may become difficult or impossible to play when future updates of Game Maker introduce new features and make changes to improve performance

Create simple test logic in Game Maker to verify interactive content you aren't sure how to build yet. Explore alternative logic if needed or simplify logic by modifying game loops or narrative.

Optional

If you have time, you can create an extremely simple "vertical slice" of your game, which is usually focused on one play area or quest. This can be useful for pitching for funding or partnerships, but isn't required for a Game Jam. Use time wisely depending on your situation.

2. CREATIVE CONCEPT

Mission 5

GAME WORLD: What does it look and feel like?

What is the time and place of your world? Who lives there? How does the player fit?

Define Your Theme

Pick your worldbuilding approach:

• World - environment, factions, lore

• Character(s) - identity, motivation

• Concept - gameplay, circumstances

• Note: For multi Experience planning (e.g., Estates), see Metaverse Worldbuilding

Decide what you need and create some design references

• Define your art style and general needs - How many assets will you plan to create? What is the mood? Will you customise with a specific colour palette, lighting, or camera effects?

• Define your narrative and general needs - Who lives in your world and who are they? What is their purpose? How many characters and props will you need?

• Define your gameplay and general needs - What variety of quests will you include? How will you design logic so it can't be broken if triggered out of the intended order? How polished will your logic be?

You can create design references with any software allowing you to paste photos. You can also create a Pinterest board, sketch by hand, or use AI to generate visual and textual aids to guide your project.

Mission 6

VISUAL HIERARCHY: What elements are top priority?

Art can take up much of your project time if not prioritised carefully.

Create a priority list for emphasis using various types of visual elements. Are the following types of art elements high, medium, or low priority?

• Landscapes - create impactful views through your landscape

• Landmarks - to centralise your theme and guide player to areas of gameplay at a glance

• Structures - more detail on structures meant to be explored, less on visual fillers

• Rooms - a balance of detail and space to breathe both physically and visually

• Characters & Props - quest related

• Details - what visual effects, lighting, etc will add emphasis, but not decrease player focus