WHO: ALVARO SALVAGNO
WHAT: TWISTING PUZZLE MECHANICS WITH PUZZLESCRIPT
WHERE: TAG Lab, EV11.435, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY (1515 Ste. Catherine Street O.)
WHEN: May 15th, 6PM-9PM
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: ENGLISH
You can reserve a spot here: https://www.facebook.com/events/801201426910836/
WORKSHOP
Using Stephen Lavelle’s puzzlescript, this workshop will focus on sokoban and its expressive potential. Participants will be encourages to bend, twist and break the rules in order to make their own take of this classic. They will be encouraged to think of puzzle games in an experimental game context.
AUDIENCE
This workshop is for anyone who is interested in puzzle design. Beginners and experts alike will learn about a rapid prototyping and puzzle making tool called puzzlescript. There are no prerequisites.
END PRODUCT
Attendees will walk out with their own variant of the very well known game SOKOBAN : a box-pushing classic. They will also come out of the workshop with a basic understanding of the founding principles of puzzlescript that they will be able to develop further by themselves.
TOOLS
Puzzlescript
NOTIONS
game design
puzzle design
Level design
Twisting mechanics
REFERENCES
Puzzlescript.net