1. A Sense of Wonder
Through Planes of Reality
Playing Gorogoa
Drew Davidson

2. Well Played
well Read & Well Made
Analysis & Criticism
Gameplay & Narrative
design & development
Literacy & Mastery

3. Gorogoa
A tiled adventure/puzzle game
Indiecade 2012
Demo
Work in Progress
(Pc & Mac)

4. Making the Game
Indie
jason roberts
Visual design award
indiecade 2012
Tentative target release
late 2013 / early 2014

5. Playing the game
Explore the world
indirect control
layered tiles
planes of reality

6. Full Disclosure
Played the demo dozens of times
Several hours of play
Indiecade 2012
Know the developer
well played session
- chris bell
Spoiler alert!

7. Play!
Play through demo

8. Planes of reality
Artistic
Foreground,MidGround,background
Existential
Physical,Perceptual,transcendental

9. plane 0
The word

10. Plane 1
The World
reality?

11. Plane 2
Curiosity

12. Plane 3
THoughts
Reading

13. Plane 4
Into the Page

14. Plane 5
grid of Tiles

15. plane 6
Foreground Shift

16. plane 7
zoom in

17. Plane 7
Zoom in

18. Plane 8
Overlap on

19. Plane 8
Overlap on

20. Plane 9
zoom out

21. Plane 9
zoom out

22. Plane 10
Left,Right,up,Down

23. Plane 11
into the image

24. Plane 11
into the image

25. Plane 12
Synchronous

26. Plane 12
Synchronous

27. plane 13
Transmutation

28. plane 13
transmutation

29. Plane 14
Threading

30. plane 14
Threading

31. plane 14
Threading

32. plane 14
threading

33. plane 14
threading

34. plane 15
Cut & paste

35. plane 15
Cut & paste

36. plane 15
Cut & paste

37. plane 15
Cut & paste

38. plane 16
Big background

39. plane 16
Big background

40. plane 16
big background

41. plane 16
big background

42. plane 16
big background

43. plane 17
Thoughts
Memory

44. plane 17
Thoughts
Memory

45. plane 17
Thoughts
Memory

46. plane 17
Thoughts
Memory

47. plane 18
Layered sync

48. plane 19
traversal Sync

49. plane 19
Traversal sync

50. plane 20
overlap off

51. plane 20
overlap off

52. plane 20
overlap off

53. plane 21
Time Shift

54. plane 21
Time Shift

55. plane 22
Piece Together

56. plane 22
Piece together

57. plane 22
piece together

58. plane 22
piece together

59. Plane 23
Anticipation!

60. gorogoa
from jason roberts
tiles are windows into worlds
key is in the connections between tiles

61. gorogoa
Layered, connected tiles
Indirect exploration
Planes of reality
sense of wonder

62. Simply Complex
Simple Mechanic
Variation
Articulation
Exploration

63. Pleasantly Frustrating
Scaffolded Challenges
challenging Rewards
Difficulty & Mastery
Agency & Literacy

64. Well PLayed
Value & Meaning
illustrate & analyze
Literacy of Games
good, bad... better!

65. Learning Games
Bad = Suckn

66. Learning games
Bad = Suckn
Good = PB&C

67. Learning Games
Bad = Suckn
Good = PB&C
Great = DIY

68. at GLS
Games are good learning design
indie games & Games for impact
Games+
trying to do more with Games

69. Indie + Impact
REsonance / dissonance
verbs / mechanics
intentions / experiences
TiltFactor
DragonBox

70. Games for Impact
Academic Consortium
Best Practices
http://gamesforimpact.com

71. Thanks!
questions?
drdrew@cmu.edu
gorogoa.com