the game design of taskmaster: indirect control
Indirect control is one of my favourite topics in game design. Game designer Jesse Schell describes indirect control in The Art of Game Design as giving the player the feeling of freedom, when in reality, the designer is only providing…
the game design of taskmaster: fun to watch vs. fun to play
Let’s start with this statement: Taskmaster is not a game. It is a comedy panel television show, with a format that lends itself to incorporating game elements in the form of tasks. This means that the audience for Taskmaster is…
the game design of taskmaster
Taskmaster. The incredibly popular British panel game show pits five comedians against each other in a series of ludicrous tasks, and has gained a massive following around the world. Going into its eighteenth series this autumn, the original television series…
