“Everything that is made has a designer”
“A designer formulate plans for creating products from concepts. In games, the designer is the person who often conceives the original ideas. Puts them on paper to present to others (in 2 forms of design document or rough demonstration), and supervises the transition from design to a video game.”
“Being the player advocate is the highest function of a game designer.”
“The level designer is an omnipotent power in the game, responsible for the leading the player through the experience. However, the less the player feel the designers presence the more they will feel in control of their own virtual destiny.”
“When pinball designers began to add in the element of interactivity, such as the addition of flippers or the ability to guide the ball into reward-rich areas (i.e., a part of the board with a cluster of high-scoring bumpers, or triggering the release of bonus balls), the game made its move from passive to active entertainment.”
“Both were concerned with funneling the an avatar - in the pinball’s case, the player avatar was a small ball-through an interactive playfield full of rewards and hazards.”
“Everything designed has a level of ergonomics:”