Chapter 1 of “Players Making Decisions” in one takeaway:

There’s no magic recipe for good game design.

- Make games
- Be ready to fail
- Steal knowledge from every field you can

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Your goal is to make playable prototype.

It is essential to focus on it rather than details

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Chapter 2 and 3 of “Players Making Decisions” in one takeaway:

- problem statement is what helps you to build better games

Example of good problem statement:
"What it could be like 'play' a movie"

This creates mechanics blueprints

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Chapter 4 of “Players Making Decisions” takeaway:

- To make game that could be sold you need to design game for players
- Ask yourself questions and write down answers about game rules, player goals, win/loose conditions

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