Basics of Game Design

On Movement

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restricting where units can move. In either case, the restrictions can

sometimes feel arbitrary to players even though they are necessary to

maintain a sense of realism of where and how quickly units can and

cannot move across a battleeld.

e designer should talk to the programmers about what ap-

proach will work best in the game being designed. In games where

only one unit is moving at a time and there are no signicant ob-

stacles to dodge, a straight line between two points might be best.

If terrain features do have an eect on movement, then another ap-

proach might work better. Creating a simple electronic pro