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Game design vs UX design

Raph Koster · 29 Jun 2015 · raphkoster.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    User-interface design and game design are opposites: one takes problems away from the person using it, the other hands problems to them.

    Their wordsShort form: UX design is about removing problems from the user. Game design is about giving problems to the user.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    An interface should give the user a useful mental model even if it is false, while a game should give the player an accurate model of its own machinery.

    Their wordsWhere UX tries to provide a likely false but useful mental model of the interior workings to the user, game design tries to guide the player towards a fairly accurate mental model.
    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    Good interface design uses clarity to hide complexity; good game design uses clarity to teach it.

    Their wordsUX is about clarity that hides complexity, and game design is about clarity that teaches complexity.
    Interesting