DEFINITION

Challenge

<aside> ‼️ Win & Lose conditions

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At what point does it stop? What happens then?

• Objectives & Thresholds
• Transitioning from macro to micro objectives (e.g: going from the macro obj. of infiltration to being detected and dealing with the micro obj. of dealing with the enemy NPC)
• Multiple Fail & Success states
  • Alternate fail states to death & retry
  • Forgiveness & Catch-up mechanics
• Consequences of failure
• Rewards

<aside> ‼️ Player skills

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• Intelligence: management, logic
• Precision: measure, timing
• Social: coordination, communication

<aside> ‼️ Rational Design

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Decompose a challenge into its individual elements to fine tune its difficulty

• Economy
  • Resource frequency & resource sinks, progression speed
• Powers
  • Effectiveness, difficulty of input, cooldowns, costs

<aside> ‼️ Accessibility

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Help people with disabilities play your game

• Options for the less able