The Design Wisdom Behind Slots, Rewards, and Casual Game Loops

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The best game loops have a knack for keeping you around longer than planned. One reward lands, another goal appears, and suddenly five more minutes have somehow disappeared without warning. A lot of casual games are built around one very simple idea: give the player something easy to understand, then make the next action tempting …

The best game loops have a knack for keeping you around longer than planned. One reward lands, another goal appears, and suddenly five more minutes have somehow disappeared without warning. A lot of c...(+4799 chars hidden)

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