i++ Issue #4: The next Zapier or IFTTT will use Game Design
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i++ Issue #4: The next Zapier or IFTTT will use Game Design
Operating under constraints, Bogost says, is the key to creativity and fun.
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A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
podcasts.apple.comI would advise, as an industry, to pull back from this obsession with user wants and user needs and instead to design for fun. What you want your players to feel, what is the emotional path for them to get there, and how does your software—your business product, if that's what you're building—take them along the path?