Nov 29, 2014
Amy Jo Kim joins Dirk and David to talk about cooperative gaming
and the move away from zero-sum game mechanics. Social and online
gaming have shown time and again that players want to cooperate and
work together rather than kill each other and constantly compete.
Amy Jo offers her experience and insight into what makes
cooperative fun, and how designers can make it
compelling.-------------------------------------------------------Contact
Information Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com,
Dirk@Knemeyer.com David Heron - @DavidVHeron Amy Jo Kim -
@amyjokim, www.shufflebrain.com,
www.mvpdesignhacks.com----------------Episode Outline 0:00:26 - The
cooperative revolution 0:04:35 - Amy Jo’s background 0:13:14 -
Zero-sum games 0:23:28 - Mobile and free to play 0:35:48 -
Balancing feeling special and teamwork 0:54:43 - Powerful mechanics
in co-op 0:57:10 - Steps for a new designer