Players feel motivated by DISCOVERY & PLAY in:

<aside> 🕵🏼‍♀️ Learning more about the lore of the world and its people

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Learning more about characters & world:

• Psychology (affections, susceptibilities, traits & quirks...)
• Past
• Motivations
• ...

Through:

• Environmental storytelling
• Dialog & cinematics
• Journal entries & other text

Great scenes elicit a sense of wonder through reactive emotions of:

Awe in beauty / being impressed / being seduced / humour / horror / receiving wisdom / feeling danger / deduction of intrigue

<aside> 🏄🏽‍♀️ Learning to master or play differently with a new or existing mechanic

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• New core mechanic
• Exotic gameplay mechanic
• Exotic way of using core gameplay mechanic
• Unusual combination of rules
• Increased difficulty (e.g.: optional boss or encounter)