{"id":320,"date":"2024-11-12T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/?p=320"},"modified":"2025-01-09T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:18:21","slug":"3-game-pillars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/2024\/11\/12\/3-game-pillars\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Pillars Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From week 6, I had received information that I didn’t consider about implementing in my game, one of the things I had learnt was game pillars. In Venny’s lecture, she had emphasised that game pillars are a set of core principles and outlines that are fixed at the beginning of a game. and it usually consists of 3-5 pillars; However, seeming as this is our first time creating our own pillars, we needed to stick to the minimum, which is 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst researching this topic, I was scanning different websites to help me collect information, then I found some resources from GitHub. On this page, it explains what game pillars are and it lists the game pillars of the most popular games. In the tables below, I have shown what the game pillars are in these games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last of Us <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GitHub <\/em>(n.d.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes a bad game pillar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Empty words:<\/strong> For your game, do NOT make a concept like “make a funny game” or “a game that sells itself”. To fix this problem, you need to be more direct with what you want in your game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasks<\/strong>: When coming up with your game pillars, do NOT establish a task as a game pillar. Your game pillars need to be a simple concept or word(s)- never a task. E.G a pillar that describes an “accessible mini map” direct the attention on that game mechanic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technical concepts:<\/strong> Similar to tasks, technical concepts are bad examples of game pillars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GitHub <\/em>(n.d.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Things to remember when making the game pillars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Loyalty<\/strong>: When you establish your game pillars, you need to remember them, and stick to them. Otherwise, you can completely de-rail from the original concept completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough is great!:<\/strong> If there are too many changes in the design, there won’t be enough time to execute the product. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relevance<\/strong>: If you’re adding a new concept just because you think it’s “cool”, stop and think; si this relevant to my work? If not, it might be a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t mess up something that works<\/strong>: If you already have working game pillars and thinking of adding or completely changing it, you may ruin the game play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask two questions<\/strong>: Will this mechanic fir the idea? Does it satisfy the game pillars? If the answer is no to both of these questions, it’s best not to put them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GitHub <\/em>(n.d.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Developing my game pillars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before I dove straight into making my game pillars, I listed down the main principles of my game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually I settled with the following 3 pillars: Rich plot and character driven story telling, explore and unlock, psychological horror and deceptive tones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From week 6, I had received information that I didn’t consider about implementing in my game, one of the things I had learnt was game pillars. In Venny’s lecture, she had emphasised that game pillars are a set of core principles and outlines that are fixed at the beginning of a game. and it usually … <\/p>\n

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