Touching is GoodGame Design for the Nintendo DS
Nick BaloghComputer Science Senior Project
Union CollegeProf. Burns
Nintendo DS
DS Game Design
Design Challenges
Question
•How do you design a “good” game for the DS??
My Approach
•Good Game Design Principles•Game Development•User Testing•Evaluation of player feedback
Buttons vs. Stylus
My Game
Game cont…
Experiment•User plays with both control schemes•Survey
• Challenge• Rewarding• Preference• Score• Mastery• Learning Curve
Results
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Stylus Buttons
•More challenging control scheme
•Rewarding on success
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More Results
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Stylus Buttons
•Preference to play again
•Score better with
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Conclusions
•The touch screen controls provide a better way to interact and play the game
•DS Games in general•Touching is Good!
Future Work•Additional testing
• Different tests
•Expand Combos• Complex actions
• Multiplayer
•Another game to test screen variations
Questions?
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