A recipe for droqen, that wants Whole Grain Decisions that affect you.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of creativity
- 200g of fresh MDA
- 2 teaspoons of Theme (can be replaced with Meaning)
- 1 or 2 main mechanics, halved
- 1 platonic game, unpeeled
- 2000-3000 lines of code, drained and rinsed (the way of measure this might change depending on your engine)
- 500ml of ego, crushed
- A handful of choices, not distilled
- Juice to taste
Preheat your expectation to around 150 hype degrees. (°H). You can do this by jamming or pitching your idea to friends. If you have a Twitter-sized oven, be careful not overheat it, or you might get disappointed.
Knead your platonic game for a while, try to feel its texture and smell. You might want to distillate a bit to use as a compass during the rest of the production. Make a nice shape with your platonic game and let it rest.
Chop your mechanics and mix them with the creativity until you get a dough you’re comfortable with. Brainstorm it carefully, adding small amounts of theme until the mix gets homogeneous (always avoid mixing the mechanics with the theme very roughly, or your preparation might suffer from ludonarrative dissonance when served). Now it’s a good time to remember to put the MDA in practice.
Scoop the mixture evenly across the lines of codes. Remember to reserve a couple of lines for the menu later. Knead your platonic game again and let it hang out, we’re not gonna use it yet.
Stir your ego until you find your own experiences that you want to add to the recipe. Heat them up and add them here and there. You might not want to add to much tho: they add flavour to the experience, but too much might make it taste cathartic. It’s important to leave space for the diner to include their own condiments.
Now it’s time for the choices. Place them more or less evenly, but in a way that nobody can tell where they are. Part of the illusion of agency will come out of not knowing when you’re gonna bite a choice. Take another look at the platonic game and put it back in the fridge, we’re not going to include it.
Season with juice and serve with marketing. If you prepared the recipe correctly, diners will connect with the course and will have an unforgettable experience.