AltDevBlogADay article on puzzle design
Spectacular game development superblog #AltDevBlogADay has just posted up an article on creating good puzzle design.
If you have a few minutes and you find puzzle design interesting or important, give it a read. And shout out to the the author on Twitter!
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This is my favorite article about puzzle design, lots of useful informations from different developers of puzzle games.
"I feel like when we design something clever,
players enjoy it just as much as we do." - Teddy Lee
Minimally, a good puzzle:
• has clear rules;
• has a clear objective;
• finds the balance between too easy and frustrating, to make an interesting challenge.
On top of this, an interesting puzzle can be a puzzle that:
• stumps the player for a long time, but whose solution looks obvious once found;
• uses the mechanics in unexpected ways;
• has multiple solutions;
• allows a tiered system so that beginners and novices can play at different difficulty levels.
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