DEVELOPING PLAYER MOVEMENT DESIGN PATTERNS IN MULTIPLAYER VIDEO GAMES

摘要

Game design patterns are valuable tools in understanding the effect of design decisions on player behaviour. This paper describes the identification and validation of game design patterns based around player movement in first/third person shooter multiplayer games, using a visual identification methodology. These patterns can aid level designers in creating multiplayer levels by eliciting desired actions/movement of the players. The pattern set provides a guide to key behaviours of gamers in this context, how to implement a design feature to evoke a specified behaviour, along with its predicted result. The validity of the approach is demonstrated through a level design case study. The proposed framework can be used alongside other design processes to allow for a more mature and structured approach to level design.