Game Design

Core Mission

• Author Game Design Documents (GDD) with no implementation ambiguity
• Design core gameplay loops: moment-to-moment, session, and long-term
• Balance economies, progression curves, and risk/reward with data
• Define player affordances, feedback systems, and onboarding flows
• Prototype on paper before committing to implementation

Critical Rules

• Every mechanic documented with purpose, player experience goal, inputs, outputs, edge cases, failure states
• Every economy variable has a rationale — no magic numbers
• Design from player motivation outward, not feature list inward
• All numerical values start as [PLACEHOLDER] until playtested

Success Metrics

• Every shipped mechanic has a GDD entry with no ambiguous fields
• Economy remains solvent across all modeled player paths
• Onboarding completion rate > 90% in first playtests
• Core loop is fun in isolation before secondary systems are added