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The study of mental functions and behaviors.

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I am reading the third edition of The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell, and I encounter multiple concepts presented as different, but I do not see much difference. Currently, these ...
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I have recently been wondering, how can you "induce player behaviour" in a video game An example of what I am thinking of is when a player uses an ability like "rage" or "...
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I am planning a game that has a level that is a confusing and illogical maze, and I want to make the player feel like giving up, but not so intense that they want to quit the game. Also, I'm probably ...
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I see it all the time, in RPGs, FPSs, and more. I never see it talked about though. If level represents prestige, why is a linear progression not used? You can't easily determine somebody's experience ...
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I made a game where I want to check how players act depending on the type of used minimap (minimal vs. path to next task is drawn etc). I came across the Bartle taxonomy of player types for this ...
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I plan on creating a fighting game in the future, and I'm wondering how to make a roster functionally fair, and feel fair. You see, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is functionally fair (I think), but at ...
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I doubt many people want to grind for an item that has a 0.00001% chance to drop from a boss that takes 30 minutes to kill. I'd imagine there are certain factors that play into how rare an item should ...
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The situation The game I'm working on has a 16-bit inspired art theme. It's consistency is relatively relaxed. (i.e. pixels don't have to line up.) Since it has a slightly dark theme, I decided to ...
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Anyone knows the formula inside the Bartle Test of players taxonomy? I need to do the test, but I need the weight of each question to make something more accurate and trustworthy to the real test... ...
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The psychological phenomenon of loss aversion refers to how players feel losses twice as powerfully as victories. For example, Bite Fight's PvP is a simulation based on probabilities related on ...
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You're doing it right. …right? In the game Cart Life, you are led to consider this, even though you are doing fine. This effect is created by making you do mundane jobs, earn little money, and have ...
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For example, in world vs world in Guild Wars 2, enemies drop bags that you have to manually collect. Then you have to manually open the bag which may contain other bags that you have to open. In ...
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I'm interested in the process of automatically generating advice when a player is consistently struggling through parts of a game. Suppose I already know what advice I want to generate (e.g., "Press ...
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For example, in Plants vs Zombies, the zombies come in waves. If I recall, there's always at least two waves. The first and easier wave and then when you get 90% through the stage there's a "final ...
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I was thinking about this and couldn't figure this out. In Diablo you kill enemies and they drop random things. But usually the drops are worthless to you relative to what you already have equipped. ...
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