Introduction to Game Systems Design

Chapter 11

Attribute Numbers

So far in this book, you have created objects and their attributes. You have also created a spreadsheet to organize all your data. The next step in bringing your game ideas to life is to start putting in numbers for all of those attributes.

Getting a Feel for Your Attributes

Before trying to assign numbers to attributes, you should start by getting a feel for what you want to get from those attributes. For example, if you were making a racing game and wanted to create the speeds and acceleration attributes for three different vehicles, you could start with some descriptions of what the speed and acceleration feel should be:

• Sports car: Good acceleration and good top speed

• Muscle car: Fastest top speed but with ...