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    puzzle game design: are you creating impossible puzzles?

    August 30, 2017 /

    I have always liked puzzles.  There are few things that give me more satisfaction than putting my mind to a problem and solving it.  A good description connects this to our relationship with pain. People solve puzzles because they like…

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    time is (micro) money: designing micro-transactions and waiting in games

    August 16, 2017 /

    Last Wednesday, I spent about three hours at the local DMV waiting to renew my driver’s license.  During that time, I finished reading the book I had brought, had a lengthy conversation with my parents on the phone, and joked…

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    designing lightning quick game loops for replayability in video games

    August 2, 2017 /

    There’s a quote in showbiz, sometimes ascribed to P.T. Barnum, sometimes to Walt Disney: “Always leave them wanting more.” Whoever said this was probably not thinking about games, but about entertainment experiences as a whole.  The Barnum and Bailey Circus…

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    1,001 levels of candy crush

    March 15, 2017 /

    I reached level 1,001 of Candy Crush this weekend. At this point, you stare at me incredulously, without even trying to conceal your ridicule, and ask the burning question, “Why?” You’re not the first person to ask this question. When…

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    we are addicted to progress: designing progression in games

    February 15, 2017 /

    On a car ride in the passenger seat, my friend handed me his phone and asked me to help him hatch some chickens while he was driving. He was talking about Egg, Inc., this game where you tap a red…

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