Comments on Game Designer Wannabe: NYC BGD Meeting - June 2010

Jeff, that comparison helps tremendously. I've...

2010-06-16T09:53:43.158-04:00

Jeff, that comparison helps tremendously. I've been consistently confused by the difficulty people have had with the chart. But now, thinking about the difficulties I had learning Race for the Galaxy, it makes sense.

Anni, I fear that you are correct. Memorizing the relationships (with the text available on the player aid) will just have to be part of the learning curve of the game.

I suspect the problem with the diagram is the same...

2010-06-16T08:03:21.353-04:00

I suspect the problem with the diagram is the same problem with the icons in Race for the Galaxy. It makes sense, but only AFTER you've learned what the symbols mean. To have to learn how to read the diagram AND the game at the same time can be too much. Players want to learn how to play the game, and the requirement that they be indoctrinated into an esoteric visual language is a barrier to getting me into the gameplay, which is supposed to be the interesting part. The text is the simplest and the clearest in this case.

Honestly, I think people are just going to have to...

2010-06-15T12:14:02.614-04:00

Honestly, I think people are just going to have to memorize it.

I don't know, I completely get the diagram, an...

2010-06-14T14:37:09.566-04:00

I don't know, I completely get the diagram, and I think I might like it better than the chart (though I don't know if I love it). I don't know if I would have grasped it so easily if not for the text also - but then I have no idea whatsoever how to play the game.