This is the follow-up article about lens #16, the lens of risk mitigation from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. If you buy books through the links in this article I will get a small commission for that. The next idea I tried quickly to pitch was having […]
Category: Lenses

Risk Mitigation: Test More Random for Shell Ejection
This is the follow-up article about lens #16, the lens of risk mitigation from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. If you buy books through the links in this article I will get a small commission for that. I will play with the random factor for shell ejection, […]

Risk Mitigation: Test Bigger Muzzles
This is the follow-up article about lens #16, the lens of risk mitigation from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. If you buy books through the links in this article I will get a small commission for that. I will try different sizes of muzzles and add a […]

Lens #16: The Lens of Risk Mitigation
The lens #16, the lens of risk mitigation from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. If you buy books through the links int this article I will get a small commission for that. First of all, this lens is about figuring out the worst-case scenarios, what could go […]

Lens #15: The Lens of the Eight Filters
for the feedback.The lens #15, the lens of the eight filters from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. If you buy this book through this link I will get a small commission for that. This lens is one of those which I have to evolve as not everything […]

Lens #14: The Lens of the Problem Statement
The lens #14, the lens of the problem statement from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. Design is about solving problems, but if you don’t know what problem you solve then it is pretty hard to design something, it’s like designing in a vacuum. This lens can be […]

Lens #13: The Lens of Infinite Inspiration
The lens #13, the lense of infinite inspiration from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. The core of this lens is to look everywhere else than to other games. What experience in my life would I like to share with others? In what small way can I capture […]

Lens #12: The Lens of Resonance
I’m now at lens #12, the lense of resonance from The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. It is about to elevate the game from craft to art. A quite an ambitious lens. Not sure if All Fucked Up has this resonance. I wanted it to be cute and […]

Lens #11: The Lens of Unification
The lens of unification of The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses is the next lens I want to look at through on our game All Fucked Up. The book was written by Jesse Schell and is one of the most useful books about game design with its unique approach of lenses. Unification […]

Lens #10: The Lens of Holographic Design
The next lens I want to look through on our game All Fucked Up is the lens of holographic design from the book The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses written by Jesse Schell. This lens is about seeing the four elements (Aestetics, Story, Technology, and Mechanics) and the player experience in a […]