So You Wanna Make Games?? | Episode 10: Game Design

In this video, a few game designers talk about some fundamental game design concepts—from understanding “fun,” to setting clear goals, and creating opposition. They also explain how design decisions can impact the theme and tone of a game, even without any art at all, underscoring the importance of cohesive art and design. Hopefully after watching this video you'll start thinking about all the ways art functions to support design choices and vice versa. Maybe you'll even get inspired to try designing, yourself!

[masterchief]

I wanted this series to continue forever.

[YigitCakar]

This series is godsend! Thanks Riot, and the people in the videos! You are amazing as always.

[madsaa]

After I've seen all the videos, I want to do it
#HardLife

[dibbieknight]

This is actually super useful and entertaining, this guy (I believe its Ben Boas speaking), I like the comedic twist to keep the information from being stale, clearly they had a lot of fun just putting this all together and editing it all in the end, while being informative throughout the whole thing! Even for someone like myself who is strictly a programmer, and partly a project manager, a lot of this is useful even for my own work - because even tho I dont art, I still work WITH artists, which is fun

[motgchyhelly]

"What is a game? A miserable little pile of fun!"

Also, I almost cried at the end of the video omg, those words just... I don't know how to describe it, but thank you. I'll do my best, being a Game Designer is my dream and I'll do everything to achieve it.

[kyru_art]

Thank you Riot Games for this wonderful series! You just inspired me to make a video game by myself but I'm still saving up some enough money to buy a high-end PC so I can start to get and learn more ideas and techniques from games that I was not able to play without a high-end pc. I'm hoping that I could make a game in the near future so thank you again Riot! <3

[CleoMG]

I've just finished watching the series and honestly I want to watch everything from the beginning again! I was so fun and full of quality information!

[cuboidgamez]

I binged watch this entire series at 3am and it was fun af. This is really freaking underrated i wish it got more views so we could've gotten more series like this.

[thaym.]

Guys... I'm crying rn. What an amazing series! Wish I had this info earlier in my life to made better decisions BUT and not that older, and maybe a little bit wiser to understand all of this, so I'm going to dive in it. Thank you for this amazing videos, seriously, you guys didn't have to make this wonderful series BUT you did it. And that last message. I'm inspired. Great series; now, back to work!

[Melancholically_]

This series is honestly just wonderful; Somehow it's entertaining just as much as the best TV series, while giving you tons of precise, accurate and really useful informations. I could cry just thinking about well made these videos are. Riot gotta be one of the best companies in the world right now.

[powerfuldirtman]

this series has taught me more than almost three semesters of studying game design thanks riot!

[peetcooper]

Congrats on shipping these amazing vids! You guys did such an a great job. You should be proud of this invaluable contribution. GGWP!

[TheSinister]

Incredibly well done series. I have seen thousand videos about game design, game animation, 3d art etc but this one taught me so much more in such a short times. Congratz boys !

[PandaProhibited]

This series was amazing. I would love a more in-depth series! Didn’t want it to end.

[nobu]

The advice section at the end was universal, not only for game designers. It's interesting that these people (who, in the game creation process, have to ask the almost philosphical question "What is _fun_?") gave this kind of advice. Love it, loved this whole series!
Edit: I take that back, going back *everybody's* personal advice was universal. Dang, these videos were good.

[warcraft]

Please make as much of these videos as there are champions in the game.
Just make this a whole freaking course. It's so amazing to watch, i don't want it to end.

[alulobo]

This series is GOLD!
Honestly, I've seen many videos about many aspects within the game's industry, while trying to dive into on my 30's, but I can say that this 10 series videos is very objective and fun to watch!
I believe there's still some ground to cover but anyway I want to thank everyone that made this possible, big time!

[racheltadeu]

Thank you so much for making this video. I am teaching video game design for the first time at my high school and I think this really does a great job of introducing a lot of the topics I want to convey to them and it is great seeing and hearing from the fantastic people who actually work on the games that we all love.

[aliabbasimoghaddam]

can you guys host a game jam ?
it would be really nice

[coolstorybroable]

I don't tend to comment but this is a true masterpiece that I cannot ignore.
Like every content creator whoever made this will read the comments to see what people thought about their creation and this is my chance to say thank you. You created a series that opened my mind and inspired me.
Please consider creating an online course, I would pay without to blinking for more knowledge from you guys.
You are the best lesson I got on game industry free and paying - please make this the begging of something amazing and not just a side project :)