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+(Warning — this article refers Extra Credits bit too much...)
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+## CHALLENGING, NOT PUNISHING
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea6UuRTjkKs
+
+1. CONSISTENT RULES
+    - No arbitrary unstoppable death
+
+2. Player's skill involved
+    - Can play around, not restart
+
+3. Usability of in-game tools
+    - Players should be able to 'regret' their strategy and adjust.
+
+4. Comfortable control
+
+5. Make players overcome the challenge, not defeating them
+
+6. Let players have "aha" moment when they failed.
+    - Make them hungry to retry with new strategies.
+    - Some small things they've could done differently
+        - e.g. "One-big-hit didn't worked, may I should've picked up high DPS one"
+
+
+## MORE DEPTH, LESS COMPLEXITY
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVL4st0blGU
+
+1. Memorise less!
+    - Less burden to, even starting the game
+    - Start with gentle learning curve, getting slowly steep
+    - Intuitive UX (UI, control, ...)
+    - Good tutorial = lessens complexity
+
+2. Intuitive!
+
+3. Calculations per second
+    - reduce!
+
+4. Players have to know everything to even begin the play ### FAIL (irreducible complexity)
+    - Make them get familiar with rules of the game
+    - Dwarf Fortress failed this!
+
+
+## Lots of things players can play with (aka don't make them bored)
+
+- Combat, battle, building, mechanics, adventure, dungeon explore, spelunking
+- Not scaled; easy combat, tough combat, tedious combat, etc.
+
+
+## Achieving perfect imbalance
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e31OSVZF77w
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+- Make sure no matter how you skilled, your playable character cannot be good at everything
+- Give players __wide pool of options__ to solve problem
+    (kill the boss, defend their adobe, fast transportation, etc.)
+
+
+**_What feeling do you want to convey?_**
+
+
+## Always think WHY you want to add _something_ on the game
+
+- e.g. Why are you adding RPG leveling system? What it would do to the players? How would they play with?
+
+
+See also: *HEARTS, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, SPADES: PLAYERS WHO SUIT MUDS*