Where is the Finish Line - PAX Online 2020
Channel: Rym DeCoster
Date: 14/10/2020

All games must end. This is especially important for competitive games. A single-player game ends when you decide to stop playing. But a competitive game ends when someone wins. Or does it? Turns out a lot of competitive games are over before they’re over. A good game can be ruined by ending too soon or too late. Too late, and you have players who have already lost trapped with nothing meaningful to do. Too soon, and you didn’t even “get to the good part.”

If you’re designing a game, how can you determine the best time for the game to end? The conditions that make it happen? Join GeekNights for a thorough examination of the common types of game ending conditions and exploration of a process to determine which one is best for your game.

Presented at the Penny Arcade Expo Online 2020 (PAX Online 2020)!
http://frontrowcrew.com/news/175/live-friday-at-pax-online-2020/

Original live stream VOD on PAX Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaSGu_MrGO8&feature=youtu.be&t=15911