Good games design is a lot like a good cup of tea.ADAM RUSSELL

FOUNDER & DESIGNER OF +ASDESIGNED GAMES

Choose your blendTurn up the heatLet it brewSweeten to taste

Good Tea = Good Design

Step 1 – The Tea

Tea Pot = VesselTea Leaves = Content

Step 1 – The Tea.

Step 2 – Fresh Water.

Tea Loves OxygenFresh Water =

Fresh Ideas

Step 2 – Fresh Water.

Familiarity is good“Leave the right

analogue stick alone. Its job is to control the camera […] you try and work it into combat and it gets frightened and confused”

Step 3 – Boil.

Boiling = Prototyping

“A prototype leads you from a vague idea to concrete questions”

Step 4 – Pour from Height.

Tea. Loves. Oxygen.

Take a step back Look at your work

from a player’s perspective

Step 4 – Pour from Height.

Step 5 – Stir.

“Welcome to my humble little side business over here. I, uh… infuse the potions my wife sells with new ingredients to increase their power”

Step 6 – Brew.

Brew = DevelopmentGive enough time to

let the flavours develop

Don’t leave it so long that it stews

Step 7 – Milk & Sugar.

Milk & Sugar = Polish

Not everyone likes it the same way as you do

Listen to your players

React to their feedback

SummaryTea leaves are your contentFresh water means fresh ideasBoil and prototypePour from height, get feedbackStir to get ideas movingBrewing time is incredibly

importantListen to players, add milk & sugar

But wait!

Step 8 – Biscuits!

Biscuits = Players

“A game isn’t a game until someone plays it”

Get in Touch!

Twitter: @AdamSRussell

@AsDesignedGames

Web: asdesignedgames.co.uk

E-mail:adam.russell@asdesignedgames.co.uk