FREE GAME DESIGN STARTER KIT

Start Understanding Games in a New Way.

Learn the simple framework behind goals, rules, players, feedback, and narrative—and start seeing games as interconnected systems.

In about 30 minutes, you'll apply the framework to your own game concept.

No coding required. Beginner friendly.

A Game Is More Than an Idea.

Great games are systems.

Players interact with goals, rules, feedback, choices, and narrative—and each part affects the experience.

The Starter Kit introduces five fundamental elements:

• Goal — What is the player trying to achieve?

• Rules — What can the player do?

• Feedback — How does the system respond?

• Player — Who is the experience designed for?

• Narrative — Why does the experience matter?

What You Get Free

Lesson 1 — Understand the Framework
Learn how the five elements work together as a system.

Lesson 2 — Apply It
Use the framework to develop your own simple game concept.

Downloadable Worksheet
Organize your thinking and work through the framework step by step.

This Is Only the Beginning.

Once you start seeing games as systems, you can begin asking bigger questions:

Why do players behave the way they do?

How can rules influence behavior?

How can games teach?

How can games simulate real systems?

How can games help solve real-world problems?

That is where Serious Game Design begins.

Start Understanding Games in a New Way.

Two short lessons. One worksheet. About 30 minutes.