It is easy to think that the player sees all of the complexity you put into a game, but nothing could be further from the truth. A game'...

We don't perceive every single piece of information around us. Instead we must constantly fill in blanks in our knowledge to properly cr...

This article goes over why it is so important for choices to matter in a game and how it all has to do with planning. If a user perceives th...

In this post I dig into planning, and how it is a fundamental part of what makes a game engaging. Planning affects many aspects of what is s...

This article goes over a framework for understanding how videogames work. It divides games into systems, story, and a mental model, and then...