{"id":370,"date":"2025-12-01T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/?p=370"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:12:04","slug":"game-loop-design-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/2025\/12\/01\/game-loop-design-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Loop Design Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was making the Loop at the very beginning, I didn&#8217;t fully understand what a game loop was. I thought it was a game process used to show the complete game flow. So in the initial design, it only had one very simple route: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Game starts &#8211; Explain the background story &#8211; Players enter the level &#8211; Trigger the task &#8211; Complete the task\/unfinished task &#8211; Trigger bullet comments for encouragement &#8211; Inspire players&#8217; pride &#8211; Game ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Progress<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the relevant courses ended, I found that there was a need for choices and different endings, so I made a complete process based on my initial ideas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/WechatIMG1970-scaled.png 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, after the communication during the feedback week, I felt that I still didn&#8217;t understand accurately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Final<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I went back to review the PPT about the Game Loop and found that I had missed a very important section. The example diagram of the game loop was different from my understanding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.05.11-1024x608.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.05.11-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.05.11-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.05.11-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.05.11.png 1226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding the definition of Game Loop that I have seen, It is essentially a set of action chains that can be repeated and allow players to make progress in the game to achieve the goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So after fully understanding the content, I created the final Game Loop. Since I made some adjustments to the Game content I initially envisioned after the feedback week, the content of the Game Loop will be slightly different. But essentially, it&#8217;s just an expansion of the previous rough content to explain the action loops that players will have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.07-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.07-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.07-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.07-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.07-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.07.png 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.19-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.19-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.19-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.19-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2025-12-28-14.09.19.png 1530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the final game loop diagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, based on my game mechanics, I designed a Meta Game Loop with the collection of emotional abilities as a mate game goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2026-01-08-08.23.30-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2026-01-08-08.23.30-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2026-01-08-08.23.30-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2026-01-08-08.23.30-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yw2c23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2025\/12\/\u622a\u5c4f2026-01-08-08.23.30.png 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are some of the game loops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was making the Loop at the very beginning, I didn&#8217;t fully understand what a game loop was. I thought it was a game process used to show the complete game flow. 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