What is the goal of this blog?
Communities exist around many different subjects, ranging down from countries, politics, neighborhoods, YouTube, and games. Some communities are established intentionally with a form of leadership involved, while others grow from a common interest. While in a community, the people involved tend to establish rules and unspoken rules which are not enforced and sometimes not directly stated.
With the main focus on gaming, a game developer who creates a game with online interactions is also creating an online community. Since the game is the common interest for a community, could the design of the game influence the behavior and actions of the community?
The goal of this blog is to explore the possibility of designing game mechanics to influence an online community.
To do this I must answer these questions:
- What is an online community?
- How is it created?
- Why do people like them?
- How can a community establish unwritten rules?
- How does it affect the game?
- How can a developer make an impact?
What to expect out of this blog
This blog will consist of: 12 blog posts, 2 interviews with individuals with different levels of knowledge, a guest blog post with a classmate, a podcast, and an infographic.Resources
To find this information I will be searching the net for any credible information relevant to my purpose. My goal is to get information directly from a designer in a developer company, a player actively participating in an online gaming community, and other professions that can provide a 3rd party perspective.
Some information about myself
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