I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do!
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the joy of creating games that prioritize fun and self-discovery over competition and winning.
Warren Spector expresses a desire to create a unique gaming experience that focuses on enjoyment, personal exploration, and learning rather than traditional competition and scoring. He believes that games have the potential to enrich lives by offering players an opportunity to engage with themselves and the world around them in a meaningful way, highlighting the artistic and educational value of gaming.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire game developers at a conference.
Ideas are nothing. They're irrelevant. If you think your idea is so important, you're doomed. The reality is if you don't like one idea, I've got 299 more. If I tell you my idea, and you can execute better against that idea than I can - great; I get to play a terrific game.
I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
We need to bring music to the people, even to those who normally do not listen to classical music.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer
I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.
Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.
I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about. I just stand there and sing. And I don't do stunts or anything. if I wanted to do all that, I don't think I'd get away with it.
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