Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design
by bladewolf47 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @01:24AM
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Are referring to Addiction by Design? This article reminded me of that book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13748038-addiction-by-de...
Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design
by Animats on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @03:35AM
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Clickbait link. Site wants a sign-in.
Wikipedia article.[1]
Author's site.[2]
Princeton University Press PDF of book introduction.[3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_by_Design [2] https://www.natashadowschull.org/addiction-by-design/ [3] http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9156.pdf
Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design
by r3bl on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:47AM
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> Site wants a sign-in.
Interestingly, they show the pop-up only in the US. Accessing from other locations doesn't show it.
Re:Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design
by Causality1 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @02:13AM
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Bingo. That book is one of the greatest driving forces behind loot boxes and live services.
Except the products (specifically "live services" and "free to play" games) are specifically designed to cause addiction. They're Skinner boxes. I forget the title of the work but there's a book on designing casino games that's required reading at half of these dev studios.
If it's possible for a company to get an ongoing revenue stream from a game then the game is designed to extract the maximum possible amount of revenue from its players.