IAT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: List Of Playstation Home Game Spaces, Game Controller, Affordance

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Interactive Arts & Tech
• Course: IAT 210
• Professor: Randa Aljohani

Document Summary

Iat 210 - lecture 8 - digital games affordance. If design is good, game is easy to play & easy to learn. This is b/c your body knows how to interact w/ the object. Visual clues suggest intended function of object. Limit possibility of incorrect use & intuitively implies intended function for user. Visual clues - help user understand how object should be used. Our mental model is based on previous experiences of how things meant to work. We are able to quickly figure out function of the object. When an object is designed correctly, we do not need instructions of how to use it & intended purpose should be obvious. Get players intuit things in virtual world by trying to link them to understanding of the real one. Intuitive experience for the player - player interacts w/ game better. Design tells player what they need to do (implicitly, not explicitly)