1) Keep it Simple
2) Keep it Entertaining
3) Keep it Open! Aaron Casillas
award winning game Designer and STORYTELLER
World Building
Rules to Design By:
Telling a story without words means considering the archetypical connective tissue and visual language we all share as humans.
Every great game experience begins with a story. Most developers just aren’t aware of it and because of that, they aren’t able to harness the power of the human narrative.
- 360 Degree Action Choreography, movies are responsible for a 2d rectangle of theatre. Imagine having that movie play out in 3d space.
- World Stage Relevance, will your product compete on the world stage of entertainment?
- Visual Narrative Language, create your product to tell a story without words first and foremost?
- Field Combat Encounters and Deconstruction, unit to unit symbiosis and deconstruction.
- Roleplaying, evoke the avatar in everyone. Characters are everything, balancing relationships is at the core of being a human and making great gameplay.
(some of the images are concepts based on designed landmarks and moments)