I was just thinking back to a time where a couple of us in the class went to the Cambie and the question was asked "what is Game Design or just design in general". At the time I wasn't really sure of my answer (or I though my answer didn't sound smart enough) so I declined to answer. Now after finishing the one year course at Vancouver Film School and having a little while to sit back and reflect a little on my experiences I've come up with an answer.
simply put I believe that Game Design is:
"The process one takes to create the equation for X"
What do I mean by this? Let me explain.
I was looking back at the times when I first took algebra, the first time we had to use the equation to find a unknown variable. This is how the "X" fits into the equation. "X" is for the unknown and when game ideas start coming to fruition we don't have the whole equation to figure out what this "X" is. So now comes the creation process:
So in algebra problems X always equals something and that in lies the creation so to use a pseudo algebra equation as an example:
X = Large Machines (Warfare + Love)
One could say that the equation could be a simple as this, but this is where one might start to build the more cohesive experience for the game.
well thats all for my little revelation rant
Till Next Time:
Charles Robert Simmons II-Game Designer
