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Rapid Augmented Game Design and Development

TRISTAN MARKWELL

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The Journey

  • Background
  • Flow
  • Design
  • Development
  • Presentation

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Futures Research Flow

Scanning Hits

@125-250

Inputs (Trends, etc.)

@150-200

Drivers

@12

Scenarios

4

Source: A. Hines

Numbers are rough estimates

Implications

150-200

Issues

6-12

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The Flow

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Claude

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Claude Flow

1-3

Trying to find the right medium

4-7

Testing the basic idea

8-11

Fleshing out how the game would work

12-16

Working out the economy and mechanics

17-25

Details about the theme – effects, attributes, institutions

26-33

Expand 6 events into 30; fail at blanacing

34-35

Brainstorm about art

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Working with GenAI

  • Try it!
  • It's more like a conversation than like coding
  • Remember it has no context
  • Examples help
  • Personas, maybe...
  • Argue and debate
  • Don't lose yourself
  • Iterate

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Art Style

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Art Style

"Please draw an illustration in a modern cartoonish style that depicts a scenario in the modern-day United States. Emphasize soft and rounded shapes, a bright and pastel color palette, whimsical charm, clear line work, simplified details, inclusive representation, and emotionally expressive characters. Specific topic: "

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Art - Good

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Art - Good

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Art – Bad!

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Icons

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Template

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Tabletop Simulator

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Full List of Tools

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Thanks!