Chapter 8: Creating Constraints and Gameplay Objectives

In this chapter, we'll define a ruleset for our game, which will guide the player through the gameplay experience. We want to give the player the ability to start the game and immediately identify what they must do to win the game. In its most basic form, a game could be defined by the win condition and the steps the player can take to reach that win condition. Ideally, we want to ensure that each step the player takes toward that goal is fun.

We'll begin by applying some constraints to the player to increase the level of difficulty. A game without a challenge quickly becomes boring, and we want to ensure that every mechanic in our game provides the player with an interesting choice or ...

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