Accessibility - Difficulty Balancing
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Adaptive Difficulty
- Game secretly helps bad players & makes good players struggle more (Feedback Loop)
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Multiple ways to complete game
- Bloodborne - Grind, different tactics, asking for help
- Mario - Multiple paths
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Positive Feedback Loops
- Good Players get more
- Bad players lose more
Negative Feedback Loops:
- Good players at disadvantage
- Bad players are assisted
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Accessibility - Difficulty Balancing
Difficulty
Adaptive Difficulty
- Game secretly helps bad players & makes good players struggle more (Feedback Loop)
Assist mode & Settings
Multiple ways to complete game
- Bloodborne - Grind, different tactics, asking for help
- Mario - Multiple paths
Feedback Loops
Positive Feedback Loops
- Good Players get more
- Bad players lose more
Negative Feedback Loops:
- Good players at disadvantage
- Bad players are assisted
On this page
Mini Metro
Background
Gameplay
Aesthetics
Variety
Accessibility
Conclusion
Previous
Previous article
Next
Next article
YBdesigning is a personal blog and guide into game design by Yelnar Bolatov, classical web & app UI/UX designer
Social
Bluesky
YouTube
Patreon
More
References
Top patrons
Changelog
About project