Comments on: Games Design http://blog.kevintoms.com/2008/04/30/games-design/ Original author of Football Manager computer game Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kevintoms http://blog.kevintoms.com/2008/04/30/games-design/#comment-46 kevintoms Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:39:46 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-46 This gave me food for thought. It's a battle always between the bigger output of teams, and the need for integrity in the design. It can be very difficult to communicate what are integrated game concepts and mechanics, from one person to a disparate group. - Jeez I said that in a long way, so I hope it made sense! :-) This gave me food for thought. It’s a battle always between the bigger output of teams, and the need for integrity in the design. It can be very difficult to communicate what are integrated game concepts and mechanics, from one person to a disparate group. – Jeez I said that in a long way, so I hope it made sense! :-)

]]> By: Carlton http://blog.kevintoms.com/2008/04/30/games-design/#comment-24 Carlton Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:52:25 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-24 Auteur theory. Film is a collaborative art, but the best films are (almost) always the vision of just one individual. It doesn't matter how many talented people worked on Vertigo, it will always be a Hitchcock film. The same goes for game design, although games can't yet be taken seriously as an artform, and great designers like Molyneux or Wright still fall short of being great artists. Auteur theory.

Film is a collaborative art, but the best films are (almost) always the vision of just one individual.

It doesn’t matter how many talented people worked on Vertigo, it will always be a Hitchcock film.

The same goes for game design, although games can’t yet be taken seriously as an artform, and great designers like Molyneux or Wright still fall short of being great artists.

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