Stephen Lim, Product Design. We finally have a full quarter to work on a game at Stanford, so we must make the most of that time and carefully choose what we deliver. We often get caught up with what we want to do, but it is more important to think about what we offer. What do you want to stand out for? Games are a subjective art, so it's not easy to convince players why your game will be especially fun, let alone why they should choose to play. Through various example games, we will explore the experiences they offer, the motivations they satisfy and ultimately how well they execute on their promises.

Stephen Lim is a lead producer at Riot Games. He's worked in the game industry for over 13 years as a producer of new games for Riot, League of Legends, Project Titan at Blizzard Entertainment, Spore at EA and as a programmer on weapons for Ratchet & Clank at Insomniac Games. Prior to games, he worked as a programmer at enterprise startups in Silicon Valley. He is a defender of multiplayer experiences and battles a never-ending tide of casual games.