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What does a good game consist of? (part 38)

Top challenges You can measure your game design by measuring the difficulty of your challenges. Basically, all of them. After that you see which are the hardest, and then either keep them, or ideally make them harder or make additional ones on top of the difficulty of these ones. It may sound stupid, but the best games ever made are the ones that are hard, hard to complete and after that beat(finish all additional and optional setup challenges). The main or normal most useful procedure to measure the difficulty of challenges is by writing stars. For example, say an outstanding challenge you made is above most others, you give 6 stars, then you measure the others and see if you want any with 7 stars. If you pick any or multiple with 7 stars, just do the same procedure all over for reassessment. And keep repeating until you have a decent game design documentation. There's one very important thing to remember when making top challenges: they are hard and not everyone can beat them(in ...
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What does a good game consist of? (part 37)

Challenging additional content Additional content here implies unlockable boss levels, medals, collectibles and trophies, not only (buyable) downloadable content. Additional content makes a good game replay able, so you can beat it multiple times. If you ever played Shadow Labyrinth on Steam, you'll probably want to play the game again if you beaten it. The game is very hard to play and finish, and that's exactly why it's worth playing again. There's no problem with making a hard game, but additional difficulty challenges keep the players playing for a lot longer time and difficulty makes a game worth playing longer, in fact a lot longer.  Many players play idle clickers instead, because of being dead sick of hard games. What is the actual truth however is that hard games a great teachers of cunningness and life. It feels damn freaking good to beat a tough challenge. Additional challenges therefore come very handy when making a hard, exciting game. Making a good and a h...
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What does a good game consist of? (part 36)

Strong anti hack protection Game that is well protected from hackers, has a lot of potential. And this does not imply strictly multiplayer, but single player as in using the single player to hack the master download server or the high scores. Americas army has a hacking prevention tool called PunkBuster. Here is a punk buster mod: void check_for_hacker_activity(int mod_id) {     run(mod_id, "hack log", "master folder");     run(mod_id, "advanced aim bot"); } Another way to prevent server hacking: void clear_server(std::string server_name) {     for (int index{1}; index <= 50; ++index)     {          clear(server_name, delete_log[index-1]);     } } Most common hacks in multiplayer video games are flying, aimbot, wall hack, glitch abuse, automated grinding, immunity to damage. Fix flying hacking: void gravity_fix(std::string object_name) {     flush_gravity(object_name, 100); } Fix aim bot: void reset_...
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Game development is hard (part 2)

People understand the game development as something very exciting, and it is, but that doesn't make it an easy task, in fact far from it. All game development, especially coding is hard. And all good games that were ever made, were or are big projects. It takes money and effort to make an out-standing game, that will people will play for decades.  Personally, I find coding the hardest part of all game development. Most people think that becoming and being a coder only requires schooling, learning coding every day and coding. But the truth is that coding is hard. It takes a lot of studying and coding. Having a MIT degree won't hurt anyone, either. Game coder is a vital and crucial position in a game development team of a business or a corporate company. The most important part of the development team, in other words. I am not saying that game art and level design and game design are not hard either, but coding is a notable exception. My main advice when it comes to coding, is: 1...
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What does a good game consist of? (part 35)

Small goals Challenges can quickly get out of hand, proportionally after have been playing the game for a while. That is why it is important to implement game goals as well. This work as a guiding force for challenge motivation. The terms challenge and goal have very different meanings. Imagine a call of duty 2 mission. It is a challenge, but lacks small goals that keep you motivated, and not beat the mission feel bored and drained and sore. Beating a video game is not exactly a small task. Takes accuracy, will, focus, concentration and understanding your opponents(including AI). An example small goal would a chunk of challenge. Like subsystem parts of a call of duty 2. This parts of a major hard challenge can then be used as a realistic take on or as a memory level map. Small goals are far from being bound easy either; but they are a realistic approach to beating a level. Example would be beating the level's extra challenges by breaking them down into chunks, such as level practic...
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What does a good game consist of? (part 34)

  Unique challenges A good game consists of challenges, that are outstanding and completely different to other games., same genre or not. You probably  like the challenges in Ratchet and Clank franchise's series, if you played, especially if from the first. Unique camera  provides a immersive gameplay. I am not saying first person shooters and real time strategies can't have immersive gameplay, but this is a great idea on behalf of Insomniac developers.. So make a quick brainstorm of a list good challenges are to you, that you would want to play yourself, including if in your own game. That will give you an idea of it. Adding quests or missions as new features the game ss a very bold decision, but at the same time probably won't do well on it's own. Some times it's required to ramp up the level design challenge. Some times even a new feature won't enough, before the forementioned challenge. Good examples of unique challenges are quests in elder scrolls and rune ...
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What does a good game consist of? (part 33)

  Advanced communication tools Though it may seem, teamspeak, discord and ventrillo are the only communication tools to be used, there can be also integrated in to the game. Examples are tactical overlay communication, whisper radio frequency and advance mods. A lot of radio transmissions can be heard by enemy players. This means a lot of transmissions can be used for counter strategy.  A good way to avoid been heard is using the stealth radio frequency. Standard communications tool is, for example, the /mute command. An example of an advanced communication tool, is therefore the /rally radio command, which limits the proximity to a specific guard point the map, if it's a first person shooter, or a garage node, if It's a racing game. void radio_command(std::string command) {     if (coomand == "clear")     {          clear_radar();     } } Advanced communication tools are a personal game development preference, which means...
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