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Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A puzzle that invites guessing and then punishes wrong guesses stops the player learning the very method it could have taught. A puzzle that invites guessing and thenpunishes wrong guesses stops the playerlearning the very method it could havetaught. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Sept 2023 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2023-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A game is a machine built around uncertainty. — tap to centre the map on it A game is a machine built arounduncertainty. Last stated a year ago 3 Nov 2025 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from. — tap to centre the map on it A game is an equation between twopersonalities, the world's and theprotagonist's, and the frictionbetween them is where the experiencecomes from. Last stated a year ago 31 Oct 2025 DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good open-world spy game may not be possible, because a spy story has to run against the clock and an open world needs the player free to wander. — tap to centre the map on it A good open-world spy game may notbe possible, because a spy story hasto run against the clock and an openworld needs the player free towander. Last stated a year ago 31 Oct 2025 DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Balancing a system elegantly is not the same as giving people what they actually came for, which is emotion. — tap to centre the map on it Balancing a system elegantly is notthe same as giving people what theyactually came for, which is emotion. Last stated 12 years ago 10 Mar 2015 TS Tynan Sylvester — holds since 2015-03-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Business software should be built the way games are built, because products made like games are the ones people fall in love with and tell their friends about. — tap to centre the map on it Business software should be builtthe way games are built, becauseproducts made like games are theones people fall in love with andtell their friends about. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technical limitations in older consoles likely led to the separation of save points and checkpoints. — tap to centre the map on it Technical limitations in olderconsoles likely led to theseparation of save points andcheckpoints. Last stated 12 years ago 9 Aug 2014 DS David Sirlin — holds since 2014-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple forreliability and intellectualcontrol, but nobody yet knows how toreach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago 1 Mar 1999 ED Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A puzzle that invites guessing and then punishes wrong guesses stops the player learning the very method it could have taught. Last stated 2 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Raph Koster Read this korrent →