The document discusses the impact and significance of game design, emphasizing that well-designed games can change the world and motivate individuals. It highlights the skills and fulfillment gained from gaming that can benefit young adults in the workforce. The text also touches on the importance of passion in game development and the iterative process of improving gameplay based on user feedback.

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2. Every game designer should make one explicitly
world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work,
why can't we?
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Jane McGonigal
RealityIsBroken:WhyGamesMakeUsBetter
andHowTheyCanChangetheWorld

3. A well-designed game is a
guided missile to the
motivational heart of the
human psyche.
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Kevin Werbach
FortheWin:HowGameThinkingCan
RevolutionizeYourBusiness
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4. It turns out that many of the traits, habits, beliefs, and
actions that teenagers and young adults pick up
playing electronic games and working with handheld
gadgets will help them as they enter the ever-changing
global workforce.
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Karl M. Kapp
TheGamificationofLearningandInstruction:
Game-basedMethodsandStrategiesfor
TrainingandEducation
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5. A good game gives us
meaningful
accomplishment – clear
achievement that we
don’t necessarily get
from real life.
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Jesse Schell
TheArtofGameDesign:ABookofLenses
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6. Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment.“
Tom Bissell
ExtraLives:WhyVideoGamesMatter
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7. Nintendo, a term meaning “leave luck to heaven.”!“
Steven L. Kent
TheUltimateHistoryofVideoGames:From
PongtoPokemon-TheStoryBehindtheCraze
ThatTouchedOurLivesandChangedtheWorld
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8. The only thing it takes to
sell toys, vitamins, or
magazines is the power of
story.
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Blake J. Harris
ConsoleWars:Sega,Nintendo,andtheBattle
thatDefinedaGeneration
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9. That’s what games are, in the end.Teachers. Fun is just
another word for learning.
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Raph Koster
ATheoryofFunforGameDesign
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10. Games are wired to produce pleasure.
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Gabe Zichermann
GamificationbyDesign

11. I think it’s more
accurate to think of
aesthetics as a key
ingredient in a recipe,
as opposed to the
icing on the cake.
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Stephen P. Anderson
SeductiveInteractionDesign:CreatingPlayful,
Fun,andEffectiveUserExperiences
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12. Gamers can feel when developers are passionate about
their games. Don’t be afraid to hold onto your unique
vision: just be aware that it may not turn out exactly how
you envisioned.
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Scott Rogers
LevelUp!:TheGuidetoGreatVideoGame
Design
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13. We soft-launched our
game for 3 months
to test our theories…

14. We soft-launched our
game for 3 months
to test our theories…
We optimized game
play to double
our retention rate…

15. We soft-launched our
game for 3 months
to test our theories…
We optimized game
play to double
our retention rate…
Had a user who
finished all
1,000+ puzzles…

16. We soft-launched our
game for 3 months
to test our theories…
We optimized game
play to double
our retention rate…
Had a user who
finished all
1,000+ puzzles…
And now.
We are ready to
release world-wide…

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