Presented by Manveer Heir
November 1st14:45 - 15:45Room : Westmount
Whether it is choosing to harvest or save Little Sisters in BioShock or choosing to be good or evil in the Fable series, ethical dilemmas are a large component of many modern games. However, the main implementation of these dilemmas has always been a series of binary choices, authored by the designer to handle each outcome. This talk will concentrate on how to move beyond binary choices and design actual systems that will allow for ethical gameplay throughout the game.
Learning Objectives
- Understand what role ethical dilemmas play in games and how they are implemented.
- Learn about what advantages systems provide to the medium and why designing systems that challenge the player’s ethics may be a better approach.
- Learn what is necessary to design an ethical system and how to approach the design of ethical systems in games.
Manveer Heir is a senior designer working at BioWare Montréal on Mass Effect 3. Previously he worked at Raven Software in a variety of roles including gameplay programmer, game designer, and lead designer for multiple games including 2009's first-person shooter Wolfenstein. Manveer graduated from Virginia Tech in 2004 where he received a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. Manveer has previously spoken at conferences such as the Game Developers Conference, the D.I.C.E. Summit, Games+Learning+Society, IGDA Leadership Forum, and others. Manveer has occasionally written a design blog, Design Rampage, as well as contributed articles to outlets such as Gamasutra. When not thinking about video games, he can be found enjoying a nice bourbon.
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