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this stupidly simple trick helped these sites multiply their click ratesDesigning for CuriositySebastian Deterding (@dingstweets)UXI Studio, December 14, 2014
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chapter 1
Storytime
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exhibit #1
Curiosity** like, literally
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2012
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Free iOS & Android app In the first month:
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Free iOS & Android app In the first month:
3 million users
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Free iOS & Android app In the first month:
3 million users800,000 daily active users
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Free iOS & Android app In the first month:
3 million users800,000 daily active users
blasting 5 billion cubes
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exhibit #2
CoffeCup
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2010
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+ 600% page views+ 300% traffic
+217% facebook fans+170% twitter followers
+ 3,700 forum posts
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“Just can’t let it go. Into my third day now. Ashamed of how many hours I’ve spent.”
- paintbrush, forum user
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“So pleased to have found this software. I’ve wanted it for a while and was saving up. Now I can treat myself to some of the other software I’ve been trying during my 5 hour egg hunt.”
- jane hasseldon, facebook fan
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exhibit #3
Upworthy
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
Fasted growing media site in history
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
Fasted growing media site in history6 mio. UU/m. in first 12 months1
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
Fasted growing media site in history6 mio. UU/m. in first 12 months1
90 mio. UU/m. in first 18 months2
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
Fasted growing media site in history6 mio. UU/m. in first 12 months1
90 mio. UU/m. in first 18 months2
79th largest traffic among US sites3
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
Fasted growing media site in history6 mio. UU/m. in first 12 months1
90 mio. UU/m. in first 18 months2
79th largest traffic among US sites3
3rd most fb likes/shares of news sites
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(1) Forbes, 2013 (2) Quantcast, 2013 (3) Quantcast, 2014 (4) The Whip, 2013
2012
Fasted growing media site in history6 mio. UU/m. in first 12 months1
90 mio. UU/m. in first 18 months2
79th largest traffic among US sites3
3rd most fb likes/shares of news sites
... with 7.5 articles per day.4
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The Atlantic, 2013
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HOW?!?*
*?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!??!?!???????!?!?
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all about that headline
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Link to their guide in online slides
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curiosity drivesengagement
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AttentionPositive emotional experience, brandExploration, first use, signupOnboarding, learningEngagementReturn visits, re-engagementSocial sharing
curiosity can fuel ...
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how to drivecuriosity?
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chapter 2
How does curiosity work?
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unpredictabilityCan I not reliably anticipate
the future of this?
solvabilityAm I able to resolve
that inability?
relevanceIs the ability to anticipate this
relevant to me?
curiositynovel, comprehensible, positively
relevant, safe
safetyIs resolving this inability
dangerous?
fearnovel, (in)comprehensible, negatively
relevant, unsafe
curiosity: a motive to approach novel stimuli
invitation
Links in the online version
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Invitation:Click me!
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Not fully predictable.
I tell you that there’s something, but not what – and it’s shocking, not what you’d expect.
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Solvable.
Did I mention you can click here?Come on. You know you want to.
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Relevant.
Really, it’s shocking!And its about what you would pay.
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Safe.
Honestly: Clicking never hurt anyone.
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chapter 3
How to designfor curiosity?
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six forms ofunpredictability
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Curiosity
Curiosity drives us to explore actions with potentially positively relevant outcomes we can bring about (self-efficacy) but not fully anticipate – if we get a promising invitation to do so. Careful: If we feel the outcomes might be negative or the actions unsafe, this can stoke fear instead or in parallel.
▪ How might you make the outcome positively relevant? How might you signal this to players without giving it away?
▪ How might the outcome be somewhat unanticipatable, inviting guesses to test?
▪ How might you give players confidence that they can bring the outcome about?
▪ How might you reduce (the impression of) potential negative consequences of taking the action?
Instantiations: Conflict, Hide-and-hint, Novelty, Possibility Space, Surprise, Uncertainty,
Unresolved complexity.
CUNovelty
We are curious about novel experiences: something potentially enjoyable we haven't experienced yet has us wonder: "How does it feel?" We follow a promise or surprise signalling novelty if we feel we are able and safe to do so.
▪ What experiences, interactions, content do players know and expect in the given context?
▪ What haven't they experienced they might want to know how it feels?
▪ How might you signal that the new experience exists and is enjoyable without giving it away?
▪ Do players fear the experience might be overwhelming, boring, or unpleasant? How might you mitigate those fear?
Instantiations: Novel Content, Novel Interactions, Novel Interfaces, Surprise.
CUUncertainty
We are curious about potentially positive but uncertain outcomes. Especially when we have a hypothesis, we want to test our bet on "What will happen?" and "When?"
▪ How might you make the outcomes positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you vary and randomise what positive outcomes follow an action?
▪ How might you randomise when an outcome follows an action?
▪ How might you help the player seek and hypothesise patterns in that randomness?
▪ How might you invite players to test their hypotheses?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can test hypotheses safely?
Instantiations: Action Probability, Betting, Hidden Information, Loot Drop.
CUHide-and-hint
We are curious about potentially relevant information and resources that are hinted at but hidden. If we know about something, but not its content, we wonder: "What is there?"
▪ What information or resources are relevant to players at this point?
▪ How might you hide their specific content away?▪ How might you hint at their existence?▪ How might you signal their potential relevance?▪ How might you help players feel that they can
follow that hint safely?
Instantiations: Cliffhanger, Fog of War, Hidden Information, Locked Abilities, Locked Content,
Locked Items, Skill Tree, Tech Tree.
CU
Unresolved Complexity
We are curious about unclear meanings or paths to a positively relevant outcome, wondering: "How do I get there?"
▪ How might you make a situation positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you create a complex, non-obvious path to or symbol within that situation?
▪ Do players feel confident they can find the path or mearning? If not, how might you instil that confidence?
▪ How might you offer leads that spark multiple hypotheses for paths or meanings that players want to test?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can safely test these hypotheses?
Instantiations: Puzzles, Whodunnits.
CU Possibility Space
We are curious and feel autonomous in front of an untested possibility space, wondering: "What if …?" Possibility spaces emerge from recombinable items or actions with no prescribed goals and emergent effects that feel unpredictable but over time, guessable and reliably learnable.
▪ What actions and/or items might you offer to combine?
▪ Do they produce a combinatorial explosion of possible effects that are logical but not foreseeable by you?
▪ How might you give players space, time, and license to try their own combinations?
▪ How might you give openings that suggest new combinations to try: constraints, traces of others, random suggestions, or half-begun things?
▪ How might you make testing an untried combination relevant – e.g. with novelty, competence, or self-expression?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can safely test new combinations?
Instantiations: Building blocks, Editors.
CU/AU
We are curious and get aroused over how a conflict of information or interests will resolve, wondering: "How or what will out?"
▪ What pieces of information or parties may clash in the given context?
▪ How might you make the outcome positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you keep the end result maximally on the edge?
▪ How might you provide and retain equally plausible scenarios supporting each information?
Instantiations: Balancing, Dramatic Conflict, Whodunnits.
Conflict CU/AR
Surprise
We feel good when our expectations are positively broken: something novel and good happens that we did not foresee. Such surprises stoke curiosity whether there might be further surprises in store, wondering: "Is there more like this?" A first surprise can thus become the hint in a hide-and-hint.
▪ What do players expect in this context (genre, level, interaction, situation, plot, menu, ...)?
▪ How might you positively break these expectations: something vastly more, better, or different?
▪ How might you first create or affirm the expectations – and then positively break them?
▪ How might you not reveal the existence of something positive for the player in your game until you surprise them with it? (Think level and interface design, but also packaging, marketing).
Instantiations: Easter Eggs, Hidden Information, Panoramic Opening, Plot Twist.
CU
We are curious and get aroused over potentially positive but uncertain outcomes. Especially when we have a hypothesis, we want to test our bet on "What will happen?" and "When?"
▪ How might you make the outcomes positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you vary and randomise what positive outcomes follow an action?
▪ How might you randomise when an outcome follows an action?
▪ How might you help the player seek and hypothesise patterns in that randomness?
▪ How might you invite players to test their hypotheses?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can test hypotheses safely?
Instantiations: Action Probability, Betting, Hidden Information, Loot Drop.
Uncertainty CU/AR
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Novelty
We are curious about novel experiences: something potentially enjoyable we haven't experienced yet has us wonder: "How does it feel?" We follow a promise or surprise signalling novelty if we feel we are able and safe to do so.
▪ What experiences, interactions, content do players know and expect in the given context?
▪ What haven't they experienced they might want to know how it feels?
▪ How might you signal that the new experience exists and is enjoyable without giving it away?
▪ Do players fear the experience might be overwhelming, boring, or unpleasant? How might you mitigate those fear?
Instantiations: Novel Content, Novel Interactions, Novel Interfaces, Surprise.
CU
users
users
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what if?
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clear: novel interface, interaction
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do not press the red button: ever-new content
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mailchimp: novel content
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timehop: novel content
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timehop: novel content
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timehop: novel content
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timehop: novel content
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timehop: novel content
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Surprise
We feel good when our expectations are positively broken: something novel and good happens that we did not foresee. Such surprises stoke curiosity whether there might be further surprises in store, wondering: "Is there more like this?" A first surprise can thus become the hint in a hide-and-hint.
▪ What do players expect in this context (genre, level, interaction, situation, plot, menu, ...)?
▪ How might you positively break these expectations: something vastly more, better, or different?
▪ How might you first create or affirm the expectations – and then positively break them?
▪ How might you not reveal the existence of something positive for the player in your game until you surprise them with it? (Think level and interface design, but also packaging, marketing).
Instantiations: Easter Eggs, Hidden Information, Panoramic Opening, Plot Twist.
CU
users
user
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innocent smoothies: easter eggs
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old navy: coupon hunt
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old navy: coupon hunt
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what if you…
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what if you… scroll beyond the edge?!?
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what if you...
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what if you... scroll above the edge?!?
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“I wonder whatelse they’ve hidden…”
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We sneakily auto-sign you up for our spammy deals newsletter because our marketing department told us to
how users typically see and expect newsletters to be
E-Mail address Register
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“If it’s a secret and that much effort, it must be special...”
how you see the kickstarter newsletter
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Hide-and-hint
We are curious about potentially relevant information and resources that are hinted at but hidden. If we know about something, but not its content, we wonder: "What is there?"
▪ What information or resources are relevant to players at this point?
▪ How might you hide their specific content away?▪ How might you hint at their existence?▪ How might you signal their potential relevance?▪ How might you help players feel that they can
follow that hint safely?
Instantiations: Cliffhanger, Fog of War, Hidden Information, Locked Abilities, Locked Content,
Locked Items, Skill Tree, Tech Tree.
CU
users
users
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command & conquer: fog of war
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which is more curiosity-inducing?
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which is more curiosity-inducing?
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which is more curiosity-inducing?
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upworthy: drive clicks, shares
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crazyegg: drive sign-ups
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okcupid: drive user input
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kingdom rush: drive sales
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paper: drive sales
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paper: drive sales
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linkedin: drive upgrade sales, re-engagement
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linkedin: drive re-engagement
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linkedin: drive re-engagement, shares
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24ways: drive clicks, return visits
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yahoo! news digest: drive return visits
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yahoo! news digest: drive return visits
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yahoo! news digest: drive return visits
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yahoo! news digest: drive return visits
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Unresolved Complexity
We are curious about unclear meanings or paths to a positively relevant outcome, wondering: "What's the solution?"
▪ How might you make a situation positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you create a complex, non-obvious path to or symbol within that situation?
▪ Do players feel confident they can find the path or meaning? If not, how might you instil that confidence?
▪ How might you offer leads that spark multiple hypotheses for paths or meanings that players want to test?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can safely test these hypotheses?
Instantiations: Puzzles, Whodunnits.
CU
users
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koi pond: drive exploration
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dan meyer: math education
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dan meyer: drive learning
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dan meyer: drive learning
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bbc: drive attention
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We are curious and get aroused over potentially positive but uncertain outcomes. Especially when we have a hypothesis, we want to test our bet on "What will happen?" and "When?"
▪ How might you make the outcomes positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you vary and randomise what positive outcomes follow an action?
▪ How might you randomise when an outcome follows an action?
▪ How might you help the player seek and hypothesise patterns in that randomness?
▪ How might you invite players to test their hypotheses?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can test hypotheses safely?
Instantiations: Action Probability, Betting, Hidden Information, Loot Drop.
Uncertainty CU/AR
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magic the gathering: drive sales
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neonmob: drive re-engagement, sales
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neonmob: drive re-engagement, sales
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neonmob: drive re-engagement, sales
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neonmob: drive re-engagement, sales
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Possibility Space
We are curious and feel autonomous in front of an untested possibility space, wondering: "What if …?" Possibility spaces arise from recombinable items or actions with no prescribed goals and emergent effects that feel unpredictable but over time, guessable and reliably learnable.
▪ What actions and/or items might you offer to combine?
▪ Do they produce a combinatorial explosion of effects that are logical but not foreseeable by you?
▪ How might you give players space, time, and license to try their own combinations?
▪ How might you balance effects so that they are neither unpredictably chaotic nor predictable?
▪ How might you give openings that suggest new combinations to try: constraints, traces of others, random suggestions, or half-begun things?
▪ How might you make testing an untried combination relevant – e.g. with novelty, competence, or self-expression?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can safely test new combinations?
Instantiations: Building blocks, Editors.
CU/AU
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lego: the original possibility space
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spore: combinatorial explosion of possibility
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spore: combinatorial explosion of possibility
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spore: combinatorial explosion of possibility
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toca hair salon: drive fun
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beats music: drive engagement, re-engagement
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beats music: drive engagement, re-engagement
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siri: drive engagement
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supercook: drive engagement
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chapter 4
Summary
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curiosity is a powerful motive ...
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AttentionPositive emotional experience, brandExploration, first use, signupOnboarding, learningEngagementReturn visits, re-engagementSocial sharing
… that can fuel many desired user behaviours.
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unpredictabilityCan I not reliably anticipate
the future of this?
solvabilityAm I able to resolve
that inability?
relevanceIs the ability to anticipate this
relevant to me?
curiositynovel, comprehensible, positively relevant,
safe
safetyIs resolving this inability
dangerous?
fearnovel, (in)comprehensible, negatively
relevant, unsafe
stoke it by inviting to a relevant, safe, solvable unpredictability
invitation
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… like novel experiences, ...
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… surprises, ...
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… hinting-and-hiding, ...
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… unresolved complexity, ...
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… uncertainty, ...
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… and possibility.
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Surprise
We feel good when our expectations are
positively broken: something novel and good
happens that we did not foresee. Such
surprises stoke curiosity whether there might
be further surprises in store, wondering: "Is
there more like this?" A first surprise can thus
become the hint in a hide-and-hint.
▪What do players expect in this context (genre, level,
interaction, situation, plot, menu, ...)?
▪How might you positively break these expectations:
something vastly more, better, or different?
▪How might you first create or affirm the
expectations – and then positively break them?
▪How might you not reveal the existence of
something positive for the player in your game until
you surprise them with it? (Think level and interface
design, but also packaging, marketing).
Instantiations: Easter Eggs, Hidden Information,
Panoramic Opening, Plot Twist.
CU
We are curious and get aroused over how a
conflict of information or interests will resolve,
wondering: "How or what will out?"
▪ What pieces of information or parties may clash in
the given context?▪ How might you make the outcome positively
relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you keep the end result maximally on the
edge?▪ How might you provide and retain equally plausible
scenarios supporting each information?
Instantiations: Balancing, Dramatic Conflict,
Whodunnits.
ConflictCU/ARWe are curious and get aroused over
potentially positive but uncertain outcomes.
Especially when we have a hypothesis, we
want to test our bet on "What will happen?"
and "When?"
▪ How might you make the outcomes positively
relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you vary and randomise what positive
outcomes follow an action?
▪ How might you randomise when an outcome
follows an action?
▪ How might you help the player seek and
hypothesise patterns in that randomness?
▪ How might you invite players to test their
hypotheses?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can test
hypotheses safely?
Instantiations: Action Probability, Betting, Hidden
Information, Loot Drop.
Uncertainty CU/AR
Possibility Space
We are curious and feel autonomous in front
of an untested possibility space, wondering:
"What if …?" Possibility spaces arise from
recombinable items or actions with no
prescribed goals and emergent effects that
feel unpredictable but over time, guessable
and reliably learnable.
▪ What actions and/or items might you offer to
combine?
▪ Do they produce a combinatorial explosion of
effects that are logical but not foreseeable by you?
▪ How might you give players space, time, and
license to try their own combinations?
▪ How might you balance effects so that they are
neither unpredictably chaotic nor predictable?
▪ How might you give openings that suggest new
combinations to try: constraints, traces of others,
random suggestions, or half-begun things?
▪ How might you make testing an untried combination
relevant – e.g. with novelty, competence, or self-
expression?
▪ How might you help players feel that they can
safely test new combinations?
Instantiations:
Building blocks, Editors.
CU/AU
Curiosity
Curiosity drives us to explore actions with
potentially positively relevant outcomes we
can bring about (self-efficacy) but not fully
anticipate – if we get a promising invitation
to do so. Careful: If we feel the outcomes
might be negative or the actions unsafe, this
can stoke fear instead or in parallel.
▪ How might you make the outcome positively
relevant? How might you signal this to players
without giving it away?
▪ How might the outcome be somewhat
unanticipatable, inviting guesses to test?
▪ How might you give players confidence that they
can bring the outcome about?
▪ How might you reduce (the impression of)
potential negative consequences of taking the
action?
Instantiati
ons: Conflict, Hide-and-hint, Novelty,
Possibility Space, Surprise, Uncertainty,
Unresolved complexity.
CU
oh, and those cards? there are sooo many more.
you can ask me about them after the talk ;-)
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We are curious and get aroused over how a conflict of information or interests will resolve, wondering: "How or what will out?"
▪ What pieces of information or parties may clash in the given context?
▪ How might you make the outcome positively relevant? How might you signal this to players?
▪ How might you keep the end result maximally on the edge?
▪ How might you provide and retain equally plausible scenarios supporting each information?
Instantiations: Balancing, Dramatic Conflict, Whodunnits.
Conflict CU/AR