[Game Design] Space Bar Game #6 - Player Motivations

Space Bar game (minimal viable product) is designed by a group of students in the Centre for Digital Media in 2018. This article analyzes players' motivations.

Player Motivations

Other possible future developments that reinforce player motivations:

1. Optional

• Easter eggs

• Valleys

• Humor

• Narrative

• Environment design

2. Mandatory

• Go for the sling

• Go to the checkpoints

• Avoid other grapplers

• Find guns

Reinforcement schedule: The game’s reinforcement schedule will be based on the location of the obstacles and the game design, creating a player’s anticipation of receiving them, creating a cycle of anticipation that will make the player stay engaged.

© Wenyi Gong 2019