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Overview

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Why should you take this class?

What is this class?

How will you be evaluated?

What are the first assignments?

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Why should you take this class?

What is this class?

How will you be evaluated?

What are the first assignments?

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Why should you take this class?

You get to make a game!

You will interact with the world, not just Cornell

Releasing your game is fun, intense, and memorable

“Big data” is a key buzzword these days

Employers want data analysis skills

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Previous successful games

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Chromatic

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Chromatic

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100,000 plays

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Hello Worlds!

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Hello Worlds!

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Hello Worlds!

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External Reviews!

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External Reviews!

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Why should you take this class?

What is this class?

How will you be evaluated?

What are the first assignments?

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What is this class?

analytics-driven game design

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What is this class?

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What is analytics?

Wikipedia: “the discovery and communication of

meaningful patterns in data”

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Heat Maps: Halo 3

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Heat Maps: Halo 3

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Game Design Workflow

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game designers game playtesters

the world

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Microsoft In-house Playtesting

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Game Design Workflow

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game designers game playtesters

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data

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League of Legends Win Rates

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What is “big data”?

Officially:

Datasets that are so large that they cannot be processed by

traditional methods

Unofficially:

Large amounts of data, and the ways this data can be used

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A/B Testing

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game designers version A

the world

data

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Metrics

Progress

Time played

Return rate

Revenue

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GSN Games A/B Testing

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GSN Games A/B Testing

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GSN Games A/B Testing

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Revenue +12.3%

Bounce Rate -25.8%

GSN Games A/B Testing

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Revenue +11%

GSN Games A/B Testing

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Zynga A/B Testing

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Other examples of A/B testing?

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4 Experiments

Foldit Hello Worlds Refraction

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Experiment #1: Audio

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Engagement...

A) increased

B) decreased

C) increased AND decreased

D) didn’t change

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Experiment #2: Animations

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Experiment #3: Secondary Objectives

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Time

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Experiment 4: Tutorials

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Key point

analytics is important and changing the game industry

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Single semester-long game project

Interdisciplinary teams of 5-6 people

Game design is up to you!

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Game Design

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Three phases

Pre-production Brainstorming

Paper prototyping

Writing design document

Development Programming

Playtesting

Logging

Iterative Refinement Releases

Data analysis

A/B testing

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Logging

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Release 1: Friends

Spam your family and friends!

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Release 2: Newgrounds

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Release 3: Kongregate

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The Internet is cruel…

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… but occasionally rewarding

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Course Structure

Lectures: Tuesdays, Thursdays

Of general design and development interest

Slides posted on website (but likely incomplete!)

Your group will need to meet outside of class

My office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3pm

Gates 445

TA: Josh Freeberg

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Course Website

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/CS4154/2014fa/

Syllabus information is here

Should be up-to-date within a 2-week horizon

Ask me if it’s further in the future

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http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/CS4154/2014fa/
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Project Groups

This is a group-oriented course

5-6 person teams of diverse talents

At least one visual designer/artist

Groups are assigned by the staff

Taking your preferences into account

Assignments complete by this week

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Game Requirements

Must be…

Fun

Your grade depends on how much people like it!

Novel

Cannot be a clone of an existing game

Feasible in one semester

Avoid full RPGs and real-time strategy games

Game can have elements of these

Single-player

Networking for multiplayer is too painful

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Game Requirements

All programmers must work in Flash/AS3

Very easy to pick up if you know Java

FlashDevelop is a great free IDE

Phillips 318 has Adobe Flash Builder 4

See website for help and resources

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Intellectual Property

Your group retains all ownership

You can commercialize it later

You can make derivative works

Individual ownership is your responsibility

But Cornell gets a non-exclusive license

Non-commercial use of final version submitted

We can post this version on our website

We claim no other rights to your game

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In-class presentations

Project pitches (next Thursday)

Paper prototyping postmortem

Playtesting postmortem

Release postmortems

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Assignments

Individual

Basic programming / art lab

Data analysis lab

Two-week reports

Group

Paper prototype

Design document

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Expect at least 10 hours/week

Releases are particularly intense

Players come in a burst

If something goes wrong, you must deal with it immediately

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This course is a lot of work!

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Semester Schedule

Week 1 Form Groups 8/24

Week 2 Group Charter 8/31

Week 3 Paper Prototyping 9/7

Week 4 Design Document 9/14

Week 5 Programming 9/21

Week 6 First Prototype 9/28

Week 7 Playtesting 10/5

Week 8 Second Prototype 10/12

Week 9 Logging 10/19

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Pre-Production

Development

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Week 10 Friends Release 10/26

Week 11 A/B Testing 11/2

Week 12 Newgrounds Release 11/9

Week 13 Data Analysis 11/16

Week 14 Prep, Thanksgiving 11/23

Week 15 Kongregate Release 11/30

Week 16 Final Presentations 12/?

Semester Schedule

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Release

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What is this class?

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What are the first assignments?

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Why should you take this class?

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Grading Policy

Mixture of group and individual grades

Group grades are same for all group members

Group game grade (25%)

Group assignments (15%)

Class presentations (10%)

Individual grades distinguish group members

Individual game grade (25%)

Individual assignments (15%)

Class participation (10%)

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Game Grade

Group grade reflects the game quality

Individual grade represents contribution

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Grade Criteria

A Successful and fun

B Complete and playable

C Complete but unplayable

D/F Not complete; bad issues

Grade Criteria

> Group Visionary, group MVP

= Group Good attitude, hard worker

< Group Produce negative work

D/F Abandon the group

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Assignment 1

key information about you and your preferences

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Assignment 1

Your name, NetID, year, and college

Your five favorite video games

What role you wish to have in this course

A description of your expertise in this role

A description of any additional expertise

A description of what type of game you want to work on

A list of the people you wish to work with

Any other information you would like us to consider

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Due: TOMORROW, Aug. 27th, 11:59pm via CMS

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Assignment 2: Programmers

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Implement Pong in AS3

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FlashDevelop

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ActionScript 3

package yourgame {

public class YourClass extends OtherClass {

private var x:int;

public YourClass(input:int) {x = process(input);

}

public override function process(y:int):int {return y;

}}

}

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ActionScript 3

package yourgame {

public class YourClass extends Sprite {

public YourClass() {

addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, move);

}

public function move(e:MouseEvent):void {

x = x + 10;

}

}

}

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Assignment 2: Designers

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Draw and animate a character

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If you think this is hard…

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Coming soon…

Thursday: More about Flash and game design

Next Tuesday: Game mechanics

Next Thursday: Project Pitches

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MBB | Cornell Game Notes

MBB | Cornell Game Notes

Approximation Algorithms: Éva Tardos Cornell University problems, techniques, and their use in game theory.

Approximation Algorithms: Éva Tardos Cornell University problems, techniques, and their use in game theory.

Lecture 4 - Cornell University · 2014. 2. 3. · Modern Game Monetization ! Adding real world currency to game economy ! Money becomes a game resource ! ... Close in spirit/design

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Game Architecture Revisited - Cornell University · 2016. 2. 23. · gamedesigninitiative at cornell university the 2 Architecture Revisited Recall: The Game Loop Update Draw Cull

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A Cornell Initiative to Promote Food Security and Rural ...€¦ · Carmen I. Moraru and Alexander Travis Cornell University ZAMBIA. Zambia. Lundazi. Lundazi – contd. The people.

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Can the MapMyRights Initiative be a Game Changer?fig.net/pub/fig2014/papers/ts06c/ts06c_mclaren_7030.pdf · Can the MapMyRights Initiative be a Game Changer?, (7030) Robin McLaren

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Lecture 25 - Cornell University · Lecture 25: game design initiative at cornell university the The Hope 2 The Final 20% Source: Lucasfilm. game design initiative at cornell university

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Game Theory with Costly Computation - Cornell University · 1 Introduction 1.1 Game Theory with Costly Computation Consider the following game. You are given a random odd n-bit number

Game Theory with Costly Computation - Cornell University · 1 Introduction 1.1 Game Theory with Costly Computation Consider the following game. You are given a random odd n-bit number

CS 4730 Game Design Patterns CS 4730 – Computer Game Design Credit: Some slide material courtesy Walker White (Cornell)

CS 4730 Game Design Patterns CS 4730 – Computer Game Design Credit: Some slide material courtesy Walker White (Cornell)

Game Loop - Cornell University

Game Loop - Cornell University

2018 CORNELL BIG RED FOOTBALL Game Notes...2018/10/09  · Cornell Big Red at Colgate • Andy Kerr Stadium (Hamilton, N.Y.) Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 • Page 1 Game 5 Saturday, Oct.

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Lecture 3 - Cornell University · Lecture 3: game design initiative ... Today Paper prototyping Will do this in class next Tuesday Group meeting time 3 Paper Prototyping. game design

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The Dynamic Migration Game - Cornell Universityclinlawell.dyson.cornell.edu/Mexico_migration_structural_paper.pdfThe Dynamic Migration Game: ... estimate a structural econometric model

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