The document discusses various 'idols' of game design, referring to misconceptions and biases that can hinder effective game development. It categorizes these idols into five types: tribe, cave, marketplace, theatre, and emphasizes the need for critical thinking and assessment in overcoming them. Strategies for addressing these biases include information filtering and the use of factual knowledge.

1. Idols of the Game Design or Things That Can Ruin
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2. Father of Scientific Method
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist,
orator, and author.
Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of
England.
And the fighter against bigotry.
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3. Idola Mentis: Idols of the Mind
• Idols of the Tribe
• Idols of the Cave
• Idols of the Marketplace
• Idols of the Theatre
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4. Idola Tribus: Idols of the Tribe
• Belief in myths
• Traditions
• Explanation of things on the
basis of human nature This is humans' tendency to perceive more
order and regularity in systems than truly
exists, and is due to people following their
preconceived ideas about things.
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5. Sky Castle
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6. Idola Specus: Idols of the Cave
• Education background
• Parenting background
• Social status
• Ethnic background
This is due to individuals' personal
weaknesses in reasoning due to particular
personalities, likes and dislikes.
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7. ZooCraft
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8. Idola Fori: Idols of the Marketplace
• Unexamining acceptance of
the view of other people
• Use of qualitative evaluation
instead of quantitative
evaluation
• Equating of public views to
facts
This is due to confusion in the use of
language and taking some words in science
to have a different meaning than their
common usage.
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9. Счастливый фермер: Happy Farmer
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“We create not games, but show-windows.”

10. Idola Theatri: Idols of the Theatre
• Belief in inerrant authority
• Belief in the written word
• Belief in History Repeating
This is the following of academic dogma
and not asking questions about the world.
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11. Vanished Hopes
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12. How to crush your Idols?
• Information filtering
• Assessment of knowledge
• Use of facts
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13. Idols of the Game Design or Things That Can Ruin Your Fruitful Farms, Great Cities, and
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Questions?
Aleksey Rehlov | External Producer