What do Jeopardy and Portal have in common? How can game designers make puzzle games that make players feel smart, without being too hard for some or too easy for others? Max discusses the answers to these questions, and why Continuity is a paragon of clever puzzle game design.
In this post Max examines designing games for casual audiences. What kinds of mechanics do they find interesting? What kinds of mechanics make them disengage with the game? Which games are well designed for casual audiences, and which are not?
Nick explores the relaionship between Charades and other party games in the same family, discusses what makes them fun, and speculates about expanding this genre in the future.
