My Design Principles

Clarity, Consistency, and Cohesion

• Players should have an understanding of the toolset available to them.
• Players should have an understanding of what their tools can do.
• Players should have an understanding of their immediate goal.
• Players should have an understanding of how they can use their tools to accomplish their immediate goal, even if this understanding is vague.
• Player should receive feedback for all actions, both effective and ineffective.
• Interactables should be easily identifiable compared to objects or areas that are inaccessible to the player.
• Mechanics should be constantly reinforced.
• Mechanics can be expanded upon to add depth and complexity, however the core of the mechanic should not change.
• The game loop should be consistent and something the player can rely on.
• Mechanics should flow together. They should be able to be utilized together for depth, or separately for breadth.
• Mechanics should fit within the context of the game world.
• Actions should fit within the context of the actor.
• Story and mechanics should feed off each other, neither should cause the other to feel out of place.