Recent posts tagged game-design

A game can end cleanly and still make its next step confusing. A player sees a replay control and assumes it means “show that again.” A host may read the same word as “start another paid session.” Before polishing that button, write down which action...

In my senior year at the University of Michigan, one of my roommates and I had a nightly tradition: playing NCAA Football 2005 it was 2007. We played every night because we were constantly learning each other’s strategies, adapting, and trying to com...