These are the slides I used to deliver my game prototyping workshop at the university of Brighton.

1. Vasilis Gkogkidis – May 9
Game Prototyping Workshop

2. How did I get here?

3. What we do
• Consulting
• Speaking
• Training

4. - Greek Ambassador
- Organiser

5. Workshop Overview
1) Rules – Win State
2) Game Mechanics
3) Prototyping
4) Play testing

6. “Games give us unnecessary obstacles that we
volunteer to tackle” Bernard Suits

7. Rules – Win State

8. Small Case Studies
Rules - Win State

9. Football
• Rule:
You can’t touch the ball with your
hands unless you are the
goalkeeper
• Win State:
Score more goals than your
opponent

10. Monopoly
• Rule:
You can buy a property only when
you are on it’s square
• Win State:
Have the biggest net value

11. Rules – Win State Exercise
Challenge 1: Choose a rule and a win state that works well in a game and present it
to your team.
15 minutes

12. Game Mechanics

13. Small Case Studies
Game Mechanics

14. Points - Leaderboards
Goal:
Introduce
Competition

16. Randomness
Goal:
Balance the odds
among players

17. Goal:
Surprise Players
Randomness

18. Game Mechanic Exercise
• Challenge 2: Choose a game and a game mechanic that works well and present it
to your team.
15 minutes

19. Prototyping
By the end of this exercise
you need to have:
• A title for your
game
• The game’s rules
on a piece of paper
• A prototype other
teams can play
(50 minutes)

20. Play testing
Try each others solution and
give feedback. Try to find:
• What works
• What needs improvement
• How it made you feel
• How would you improve it
(50 minutes)

21. Thank You!
• #gamification
• Email: vasilis.gkogkidis@gamificationplus.uk
• Facebook: Vasilis Gkogkidis
• Twitter: @v_Gkogkidis