Towards Minimalist Game Design Response

Minimalist game design is a quicker way to delve deep into the lore/story and choices in a game. The concept of minimalism also allows for more abstract worlds. These worlds don’t need to be photorealistic which allows an artist to play with their own visual style and literacy. Minimalist games are not simple in their story or space they are simple in the layout and amount of things/details of things seen in the game. Minimalist games allow for more variety in play for the player, as there are fewer rules and less things to get distracted by. The practically nonexistent distractions are thanks to the simple controls, and low viewed intricacy of the games visuals. Music and other sound effects are used in minimalist games mostly to encourage the feel the designer wants for the game. In some the sounds are to make the world seem larger and in some its used to make the player feel amped up to fight, run, race, etc;. Regardless of the term minimalist, games are still detailed in their story and play.