Making Deep Games

Index

A

Abstract games, 34

ADD, see Attention deficit disorder

Addiction gestalt, 60–66

ADHD, see Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Agnes’ Jacket, 16

Aha moment, 182

Akrasia, 58–66, 130, 134

Allegorical games, 91–113

design, 103–110

approach to the inmost cave, 105

call to adventure, 105

crossing the threshold, 105

curiosity, 108

define the communicative goal and playtest to achieve it, 107–110

from theme to story, 104–107

meeting with the mentor, 105

“metaphor as message” design takeaway, 108–109

“metaphor as muse” design takeaway, 109–110

“metaphor as mystery” design takeaway, 107–108

ordeal, 106

ordinary world, 104–105

refusal of the ...