Game component question...

lancer

This is a really messily-phrased question because I'm quite confused and ignorant... so for games like mobile games Candy Crush has things like Ranking, Highest Score. Skyrim has things like Bunnies Killed, Potion Made. Mass Effect has things like ( I recall faintly) Total Head Shots, Enemies Exploded.... you know what I mean. What exactly are those things called?

Yozora

Statistics?

Torch

Achievements (or 'Cheevos' as some people like to call them)

lancer

I see, thanks Torch! I'm trying to look at some games to see how they guide the player towards quest or aims that are either explicit or implicit. But Achievements don't seem to be a method...

ExcessiveZero

lancer wrote: »

I see, thanks Torch! I'm trying to look at some games to see how they guide the player towards quest or aims that are either explicit or implicit. But Achievements don't seem to be a method...

well its all about stimulating the reward pathways in the brain, there needs to be some challenge, a point you overcome, than a recognition or reward.

Quest>Boss>killed>level up, achievement, quest gold

or something more simple like guitar hero, where you hit the right key and you get the music playing nice, or some disjointed noise, thats basic positive and negative reinforcement.

but theres tons of material you can find and look up on this aspect of game design, its probably one of the most understood (which doesn't mean people often can't get it wrong)

slipsius

Statistics for the player

Metrics for the devs.

Depends what you need it for. If you`re lookin into how to do something, then checking out how to find metrics would be more useful i think.