Unique Game Design Challenges in Virtual Gambling Games | David JANÉ
0Games with a core basis on virtual money gambling economies can be very motivating. However, "traditional" game design experience, while useful in a creative sense, must be adapted to fit the reality of these games: The psychological effect of "winning" at these games dominates the players' behavior within them. "Real Money" gambling game design experience, useful in a mechanical sense, must be adapted to reflect that these games have no "real world" payout - the economic currency has value only inside the game world and the game team has substantial direct influence over that perceived value. These two characteristics create a unique game design decision-making framework quite unlike other types of games. Come hear David Jané, Product Marketing Manager of Akamon as he shares both successful and unsuccessful examples of adapting "traditional" and "real money" game design ideas into "virtual money" gambling games, as well as how sometimes the surprising behavior of "fake" money gamblers required him to approach game design from an entirely new perspective.
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe, February 2013.
Download Slides: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Casual_Connect_Europe_2013_Presentations/David_Jane_CCEurope_2013.ppt