SOUND & DESIGN TOPIC SECTION

Games, Virtual Worlds & Metaverse Design

Complete Article List

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Metaverse Design

Designing the Musical Metaverse Part 1: Imagineering the Future of Collective Music Experiences

Designing the Musical Metaverse Part 2: Constraints & Opportunities for VR & Live Music

XR 101 | Video Lecture Series

Metaverse = Film + Architecture x Games to the Power of Music: an algorithm for designing musical virtual places

Music-Visual Synchronization in VR Environments: a light-handed approach through phase sync drift

Virtual Music Environments: a concept for experimenting in the metaverse

Metaverse Maker: Leveraging AI to Quickly Prototype Virtual Worlds

Virtual Photography: an overview

From Understanding Games

What is a Game?

Rules & Mechanics

Eurogames vs Amerigames

The Game State, Information & Movement

Narrative Elements

Chance, Probability & Fairness

Skill & Decision Making

Trade-Offs, Dilemmas, Sacrifices, Risk & Reward

Strategy, Tactics & Feedback

Actions, Events, Choices, Time & Turn Taking

Winning, Losing & Ending

Balance & Tuning

Difficulty & Mastery

Economies

The Magic Circle

Ethics, Morality, Violence & Realism

Game Genres & Tropes

Post-Genre, Anti-Genre & Art Games

Levels

Layouts

Atmosphere & Progression

Agency

Gamer Dedication

Systems Concepts

Overview of Video Game Systems

Core vs Non-Core Mechanics

Core Mechanic Systems

Non-Core Mechanics: Economies

Non-Core Mechanics: Progression

Non-Core Mechanics: Social Interactions

History of Video Games

Common Digital Gaming Platforms

From Designing Games & Interactive Stories

Ideation, Brainstorming & Innovation

Audiences, Game Titles & Player Types

Prototyping, Playtesting, Iteration & Fun

Affordances, Game Dynamics, Gameplay & Core Loops

Pillars, Goals, Features & Elements

Game Worlds, Dimensionality & Time

Environment, Culture & Emotion

Mapping & Wayfinding

Demographics by Age & Sex

Flowcharting, Algorithms & Pseudocode

Game Documentation

Misc

Game Studies Crash Course

What DALL·E 2 Thinks My Games Course Looks Like

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