pig-farm-controller/bmad/bmm/workflows/1-analysis/brainstorm-game/game-brain-methods.csv

1	category	technique_name	description	facilitation_prompts	best_for	energy_level	typical_duration
2	game_design	MDA Framework Exploration	Explore game concepts through Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics lens to ensure cohesive design from implementation to player experience	What mechanics create the core loop?|What dynamics emerge from these mechanics?|What aesthetic experience results?|How do they align?	holistic-design	moderate	20-30
3	game_design	Core Loop Brainstorming	Design the fundamental moment-to-moment gameplay loop that players repeat - the heartbeat of your game	What does the player do?|What's the immediate reward?|Why do it again?|How does it evolve?	gameplay-foundation	high	15-25
4	game_design	Player Fantasy Mining	Identify and amplify the core fantasy that players want to embody - what makes them feel powerful and engaged	What fantasy does the player live?|What makes them feel awesome?|What power do they wield?|What identity do they assume?	player-motivation	high	15-20
5	game_design	Genre Mashup	Combine unexpected game genres to create innovative hybrid experiences that offer fresh gameplay	Take two unrelated genres|How do they merge?|What unique gameplay emerges?|What's the hook?	innovation	high	15-20
6	game_design	Verbs Before Nouns	Focus on what players DO before what things ARE - prioritize actions over objects for engaging gameplay	What verbs define your game?|What actions feel good?|Build mechanics from verbs|Nouns support actions	mechanics-first	moderate	20-25
7	game_design	Failure State Design	Work backwards from interesting failure conditions to create tension and meaningful choices	How can players fail interestingly?|What makes failure feel fair?|How does failure teach?|Recovery mechanics?	challenge-design	moderate	15-20
8	game_design	Progression Curve Sculpting	Map the player's emotional and skill journey from tutorial to mastery - pace challenge and revelation	How does difficulty evolve?|When do we introduce concepts?|What's the skill ceiling?|How do we maintain flow?	pacing-balance	moderate	25-30
9	game_design	Emergence Engineering	Design simple rule interactions that create complex unexpected player-driven outcomes	What simple rules combine?|What emerges from interactions?|How do players surprise you?|Systemic possibilities?	depth-complexity	moderate	20-25
10	game_design	Accessibility Layers	Brainstorm how different skill levels and abilities can access your core experience meaningfully	Who might struggle with what?|What alternate inputs exist?|How do we preserve challenge?|Inclusive design options?	inclusive-design	moderate	20-25
11	game_design	Reward Schedule Architecture	Design the timing and type of rewards to maintain player motivation and engagement	What rewards when?|Variable or fixed schedule?|Intrinsic vs extrinsic rewards?|Progression satisfaction?	engagement-retention	moderate	20-30
12	narrative_game	Ludonarrative Harmony	Align story and gameplay so mechanics reinforce narrative themes - make meaning through play	What does gameplay express?|How do mechanics tell story?|Where do they conflict?|How to unify theme?	storytelling	moderate	20-25
13	narrative_game	Environmental Storytelling	Use world design and ambient details to convey narrative without explicit exposition	What does the space communicate?|What happened here before?|Visual narrative clues?|Show don't tell?	world-building	moderate	15-20
14	narrative_game	Player Agency Moments	Identify key decision points where player choice shapes narrative in meaningful ways	What choices matter?|How do consequences manifest?|Branch vs flavor choices?|Meaningful agency where?	player-choice	moderate	20-25
15	narrative_game	Emotion Targeting	Design specific moments intended to evoke targeted emotional responses through integrated design	What emotion when?|How do all elements combine?|Music + mechanics + narrative?|Orchestrated feelings?	emotional-design	high	20-30
16	systems_game	Economy Balancing Thought Experiments	Explore resource generation/consumption balance to prevent game-breaking exploits	What resources exist?|Generation vs consumption rates?|What loops emerge?|Where's the exploit?	economy-design	moderate	25-30
17	systems_game	Meta-Game Layer Design	Brainstorm progression systems that persist beyond individual play sessions	What carries over between sessions?|Long-term goals?|How does meta feed core loop?|Retention hooks?	retention-systems	moderate	20-25
18	multiplayer_game	Social Dynamics Mapping	Anticipate how players will interact and design mechanics that support desired social behaviors	How will players cooperate?|Competitive dynamics?|Toxic behavior prevention?|Positive interaction rewards?	social-design	moderate	20-30
19	multiplayer_game	Spectator Experience Design	Consider how watching others play can be entertaining - esports and streaming potential	What's fun to watch?|Readable visual clarity?|Highlight moments?|Narrative for observers?	spectator-value	moderate	15-20
20	creative_game	Constraint-Based Creativity	Embrace a specific limitation as your core design constraint and build everything around it	Pick a severe constraint|What if this was your ONLY mechanic?|Build a full game from limitation|Constraint as creativity catalyst	innovation	moderate	15-25
21	creative_game	Game Feel Playground	Focus purely on how controls and feedback FEEL before worrying about context or goals	What feels juicy to do?|Controller response?|Visual/audio feedback?|Satisfying micro-interactions?	game-feel	high	20-30
22	creative_game	One Button Game Challenge	Design interesting gameplay using only a single input - forces elegant simplicity	Only one button - what can it do?|Context changes meaning?|Timing variations?|Depth from simplicity?	minimalist-design	moderate	15-20
23	wild_game	Remix an Existing Game	Take a well-known game and twist one core element - what new experience emerges?	Pick a famous game|Change ONE fundamental rule|What ripples from that change?|New game from mutation?	rapid-prototyping	high	10-15
24	wild_game	Anti-Game Design	Design a game that deliberately breaks common conventions - subvert player expectations	What if we broke this rule?|Expectation subversion?|Anti-patterns as features?|Avant-garde possibilities?	experimental	moderate	15-20
25	wild_game	Physics Playground	Start with an interesting physics interaction and build a game around that sensation	What physics are fun to play with?|Build game from physics toy|Emergent physics gameplay?|Sensation first?	prototype-first	high	15-25
26	wild_game	Toy Before Game	Create a playful interactive toy with no goals first - then discover the game within it	What's fun to mess with?|No goals yet - just play|What game emerges organically?|Toy to game evolution?	discovery-design	high	20-30