Chariot Rider | Loss Aversion and Game Design @Chariot_Rider | Uploaded April 2018 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Today I return to the psychology of game design to talk about loss aversion. Loss aversion put simply is the idea that humans feel losses more than they feel gains and I delve into how this affects the player as they play the game. I also don't go into the deceptive tactics it can be used for and instead focus on the good uses for it.
Flow Theory: youtube.com/watch?v=26JHwCNvFlc
Today I return to the psychology of game design to talk about loss aversion. Loss aversion put simply is the idea that humans feel losses more than they feel gains and I delve into how this affects the player as they play the game. I also don't go into the deceptive tactics it can be used for and instead focus on the good uses for it.
Flow Theory: youtube.com/watch?v=26JHwCNvFlc
![[Design Deliberation] How Small World Fixes Risk](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fL0hMVZiGxE/hqdefault.jpg "[Design Deliberation] How Small World Fixes Risk
This video discusses the design of 2 board games, Risk and Small World. Tabletop game design is a wide open field and today I dip my toe into that world. If it isnt obvious in the video, I dont think Risk is a well designed game, but I have always liked the idea of Risk. The idea of a streamlined game of world domination that puts a group of players into an arena that encourages direct player interaction.")
