Mindful Game Design

Welcome to Mindful Game Design, the online design portfolio for Matthew Medina.

I believe that good game and narrative design should speak to the common values all human beings share. Humans love stories, and we love play, and when those two elements harmonize, we transcend the medium and find ourselves bridging the divide and building connections between developers and players. Mindfulness in game design is the state of making conscious choices that help the player through their journey, whether we lead them directly or open the world up for full exploration, and of being aware of the player: where they are/will be, what they are/will be doing, and giving them all of the tools they will need to react appropriately to the challenges in the world we craft for them. Above all, it is the belief that gaming is a shared medium of creation, a compact between developers and players which must be honored and explored together.

Read more about the philosophy of mindfulness and game design here.

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