Emergent Gameplay Design Process

• Aesthetic Goals

  • Widening possibility space via emergent systems

• Technology Considerations

• Plan Game Systems

  • Player agent(s), tools, traps, resources, etc.
  • Decide where to invest, Disregard low connection Mechanics

• Populate world with Mechanics

• Evaluate system Dynamics

  • Quantitatively
    • Litmus test—2nd order consequence?
    • Common enough?
    • Perceptible?
  • Qualitatively
    • Dynamics match the fantasy?
    • Did you meet your aesthetic goals?

• Iterate

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