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Language, history and curiosities in games.

Quotes on game design

[…] I like it when players make plays on intuition guided by analysis rather than on analysis alone.

My advice to new designers is to read about the fail fast philosophy, in order to stop thinking too much about your designs and get them to the table faster.

In order for a game to be interesting, it has to be on the edge of your cognition.

How can you design a car without driving it? Or how can you make a movie without watching it? This is the same thing. How can you design a game without playing it?

Every rule, every component, every aspect of your game must solve a problem or provide an experience that is essential to your game. Everything else compromises quality.

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