# How to create a game

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“*You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.*” - Plato
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### 1) Define the purpose

* What are our learning objectives ? 
* What do we want to demonstrate ?

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### 2) For who ?

Define [personas](https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/personas-why-and-how-you-should-use-them) / who are our targets ?

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### 3) Build a story

Create an environment 

* Where
* When
* Who (characters )

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### 4) Choose or create a game play

Choose a game play (reuse the concepts of a given game) or create one.

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#### Examples of [game mechanics](https://gusandco.net/2011/11/11/les-mecaniques-de-jeux/) :

* Bluff : Je fais croire quelque chose (Poker, Perudo)
* Stop ou encore : Je peux m’arrêter de jouer, ou continuer pour gagner plus de points
* Course : Je gagne si j’arrive avant toi (Jeu de l’oie, Jamaica)
* Programmation: Avant de jouer, je choisis parmi les différentes actions possibles
* Mémoire : Si je me souviens des éléments / cartes précédemment jouées, je marque plus de points (Bonbons, Sherlock)
* ...

### 5) Build the game

Use an iterative approach to build the game :

* Build a prototype
* Test it
* Reflect & adapt

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