007 : Not Your Average Joe – Difficulty, Engagement, and Cookie Clicker

Update: 2015-09-29

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Game Design Zen : Episode 007

Joe challenged me, â€œbalanced difficulty is missing the mark.â€ And then, he pointed to games like Farmville, city simulators, and Cookie Clicker. He had some good points. He is not your average Joe.

Joe’s Challenge – “Balanced Difficulty is missing the mark” (01:30 )
- Joe’s Ted Talk

Flow Revisited (03:15 )

Not Just Flow (09:00 )
- Happiness – Accomplishment (09:40 )
- Martin Seligman -Â Flourish
- Winning Can Be Boring (11:20 )

Raph Koster – A Theory of Fun (12:00 )

Habits (15:30 )
- Charles Duhigg – Power of Habits

ZiegarnikÂ Effect (18:25 )

Zen MomentÂ (26:35 )

Accomplishment!

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007 : Not Your Average Joe – Difficulty, Engagement, and Cookie Clicker

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007 : Not Your Average Joe – Difficulty, Engagement, and Cookie Clicker