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Touching is GoodGame Design for the Nintendo DS
Nick BaloghComputer Science Senior Project
Union CollegeProf. Burns
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Nintendo DS
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DS Game Design
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Design Challenges
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Question
•How do you design a “good” game for the DS??
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My Approach
•Good Game Design Principles
•Game Development
•User Testing
•Evaluation of player feedback
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Buttons vs. Stylus
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My Game
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Game cont…
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Experiment•User plays with both control schemes
•Survey
• Challenge
• Rewarding
• Preference
• Score
• Mastery
• Learning Curve
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Results
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Stylus Buttons
•More challenging control scheme
•Rewarding on success
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More Results
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Stylus Buttons
•Preference to play again
•Score better with
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Conclusions
•The touch screen controls provide a better way to interact and play the game
•DS Games in general
•Touching is Good!
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Future Work
•Additional testing
• Different tests
•Expand Combos
• Complex actions
• Multiplayer
•Another game to test screen variations
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Questions?
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