Title: Formal Abstract Design Tools
Author: Doug Church
Year: 1999, July 16
Additional: Gamasutra (also featured in Salen & Zimmerman (2006). The Game Design Reader, p.366-380)
Available at: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3357/formal_abstract_design_tools.php
Contents:
Introduction
How Do We Talk About Games
A Language Without Borders
Let’s Create a Design Vocabulary – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Tools Would be Useful – Where Do We Find Them?
Mario 64 Game Play
Great! But I’m Not Writing Mario 64. I Mean, It’s Already Been Written
Same Tools, Different Games
The Story Unfolds in Final Fantasy VIII
Same Game, Different Tool
Using Multiple Tools: Cooperation, Conflict, Confusion
Concrete Uses of Multiple Tool Use
Tool Based Analysis
Ahh, So What?