Theory and Practice of Game Design Class - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 34

Figure 4.1
Ballantine Room 209.

Zones
These desk chairs were perfect because of the need for something I

ve already
mentioned flexibility. When the class was divided into guilds, the chairs could be
rearranged into several

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separated by a few feet to divide the guilds. The
zones, distinct areas within a game with their own ecosystems and challenges,
were named after key words in game design.
Here are the zones:

“ zones �

n Ocean of Immersion. Immersion, or concentrating the attention on an
activity such as a game, is an essential key to drawing the player into the
world of the game.
n Empathy Acres. Empathy, the ability to figuratively put yourself in
someone else s shoes, is important, if you want your players to feel emo-

tion for the characters in a game.
n Feedback Farms. Players demand immediate feedback, the response a
game returns to their input. This is why guns seem to work so much bet-
ter in games than diplomacy.

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