Shift Remote: Game Dev - Ghost in the Machine: Authorial Voice in System Design - Marta Fijak (11 bit studios)

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It’s easy to see an agenda in a piece of narrative work, or to see a criticism of an issue in a digital painting,but can math be an expression of our view of the world? Can dynamics of the systems say how we feel about the world? I strongly believe they can, so let me show you how, and why.

Ghost in the shell: The
authorial voice in system
design
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What is an authorial voice
● style
● perspective
● point of view
● tone

Shift Remote: Game Dev - Ghost in the Machine: Authorial Voice in System Design - Marta Fijak (11 bit studios)

- Michael Sellers
A-F ST-C LT-C Emotional Cultural

- Brian Upton
Free movement in system of
constraints

Authorial voice manifests in states
generated by mechanics,

Game designer is responsible for all of
the stats then can be generated by the
system

“But no one cares”
Some guy from the internet

Frostpunk case:
What are you willing to sacrifice for
gameplay?

In semi realistic system math
is not only there for fun, it is
an expression of your our
personal view

When root in reality you show
your view of reality

So be aware, and design and
balans responsible

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