05-08-2019, 10:06 AM
Take a look at some of the earliest designs for Plants vs. Zombies
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/take-a-look-at-some-of-the-earliest-designs-for-plants-vs-zombies.jpg" width="298" height="298" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>The original<em> Plants vs. Zombies</em>, a charming tower defense game that spawned a prolific and still-running series, has turned 10 years old. To commemorate the release, the game’s creator George Fan has shared some of his early design doodles.</p>
<p>His notes offer a quick but interesting look at what ended up becoming an iconic game of its generation. Fan shared those design sketches in a thread on Twitter, running through how different character types and small mechanics appeared and evolved in the early days of planning for the game.</p>
<p>For instance, he says at one point a prototype of <em>Plants vs. Zombies </em>was a Magic: The Gathering-inspired deck building game. Another early idea of the game had plants fighting off aliens, specifically those from another PopCap-published game called <em>Insaniquarium</em>, but that idea was scrapped once Fan says he sketched the perfect zombie.</p>
<p>A peek at the rest of his notes can be found in the <a href="https://twitter.com/thegeorgefan/status/1125116354434985984">full twitter thread</a> and, for another look at Fan’s process for creating <em>Plants vs. Zombies </em>(specifically the delicate business of teaching game mechanics to players), take a look at his <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/334903/Video_How_I_got_my_mom_to_play_through_Plants_vs_Zombies.php">talk from GDC 2012</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Happy 10th Birthday, Plants vs. Zombies! I had no idea when scribbling this on paper over 10 years ago just how much it’d change my life! <a href="https://t.co/MyZMx9m7Zh">pic.twitter.com/MyZMx9m7Zh</a></p>
<p> — George Fan (@thegeorgefan) <a href="https://twitter.com/thegeorgefan/status/1125116354434985984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/take-a-look-at-some-of-the-earliest-designs-for-plants-vs-zombies.jpg" width="298" height="298" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>The original<em> Plants vs. Zombies</em>, a charming tower defense game that spawned a prolific and still-running series, has turned 10 years old. To commemorate the release, the game’s creator George Fan has shared some of his early design doodles.</p>
<p>His notes offer a quick but interesting look at what ended up becoming an iconic game of its generation. Fan shared those design sketches in a thread on Twitter, running through how different character types and small mechanics appeared and evolved in the early days of planning for the game.</p>
<p>For instance, he says at one point a prototype of <em>Plants vs. Zombies </em>was a Magic: The Gathering-inspired deck building game. Another early idea of the game had plants fighting off aliens, specifically those from another PopCap-published game called <em>Insaniquarium</em>, but that idea was scrapped once Fan says he sketched the perfect zombie.</p>
<p>A peek at the rest of his notes can be found in the <a href="https://twitter.com/thegeorgefan/status/1125116354434985984">full twitter thread</a> and, for another look at Fan’s process for creating <em>Plants vs. Zombies </em>(specifically the delicate business of teaching game mechanics to players), take a look at his <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/334903/Video_How_I_got_my_mom_to_play_through_Plants_vs_Zombies.php">talk from GDC 2012</a>.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Happy 10th Birthday, Plants vs. Zombies! I had no idea when scribbling this on paper over 10 years ago just how much it’d change my life! <a href="https://t.co/MyZMx9m7Zh">pic.twitter.com/MyZMx9m7Zh</a></p>
<p> — George Fan (@thegeorgefan) <a href="https://twitter.com/thegeorgefan/status/1125116354434985984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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