1.
the
Experience(s)
o f
t he
Prince
o f
Persia
Drew
Davidson
Francois
Emery
James
Paul
Gee

2.
 Narrative
Development
 Game
Design
 Design
 Development
 Literacy
and
Mastery
of
Gameplay

3.
 Played
the
game
2
times
 PS3
 Some
GameFAQs
&
Wikipedia
 Talked
with
Francois
 Spoiler
Alert!

4.
 Introduction

5.
 Playing
the
Game
 Making
the
Game
 Throughline
-­‐
Themes
 Platform
and
Combat
 Mulligans
 Endings

6.
 5
areas
 The
Vale,
Royal
Palace,
City
of
Light,
Ruined
Citadel
 Temple
 20
levels
 6
boss
battles
 Light
Seeds
and
4
Power
Plates
 Multi-­‐Linear,
@
10-­‐15
hours
 PS3,
XBOX360,
PC

7.
 Show
World
Map

8.
 Ubisoft
Montreal
 Design
and
Development
 Role
of
Level
Design
Director
 Team
Building
 World
Building
 08
Holiday
Release
 Awards,
Nominations
and
Lists

9.
 Reboot
of
Series
 Art
Direction
 After
Previous
Incarnation
 Prince
of
Persia:
Sands
of
Time

10.
 Destiny
vs.
Free
Will
 Fate
vs.
Choice
 Corrupt
vs.
Healing
 Elika

11.
 Moving
through
Space
 Combos
 Two
Way
 4
Power
Plates
 Hand,
Breath,
Wind,
Step
 Corruption
and
Healing
 Teleport
 Elika

12.
 Platforming
into
an
area

13.
 Corrupted
 Bosses
 Hunter,
Warrior,
Concubine,
Alchemist
 King/Father,
Ahriman
 Combos
 Sword,
Gauntlet,
Acrobatic,
Aerial,
Throw
 Quick
Time
Events
 Elika

14.
 Boss
battle

15.
 Can’t
Die
 Controversy
 Opens
up
Game
to
more
Players
 Elika
 Integrate
rules
with
fiction
 PoP:
SoT

16.
 Power
Plates

17.
 Choice
at
End
 Undo
all
You’ve
Done
 PoP:
SoT
 Ultimate
Mulligan
 True
Choice?
 Elika
&
Epilogue

18.
 Endings

19.
 Interpret
&
Analyze
 Design
&
Develop
 Narrative
&
Gameplay
 Flow
&
Meaning
 Ludic
Narrans
 Well
Played
 http://etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/wellplayed1.0/