Mechanic-Driven vs Narrative-Driven Design — Roadmap Step & Resources
Two different starting points for designing a game
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Game Design (Systems & Narrative)
Before this step
Study resources
- GDC Vault (Video) — Talks and postmortems from the Game Developers Conference, a primary source for design case studies. Background reading/viewing for: Mechanic-Driven vs Narrative-Driven Design.
- Extra Credits (Video) — A well-known YouTube series breaking down game design and mechanics. Relevant to: Mechanic-Driven vs Narrative-Driven Design.
Part of
- Core Mechanics and Player Verbs — section
- Game Design (Systems & Narrative) roadmap — the full learning path