Exploring

Activity flexible

Discovering and exploring unknown areas, content or possibilities – moving through unknown terrain, uncovering the hidden, expanding the picture of the game world.

Design question – Your agents enter new territory – what is there to discover in your game?

Reference example – Skyrim: behind every hill lies an unknown place. Minecraft: in the darkness of a cave you never know what is around the next corner. Catan: Seafarers: unknown islands are only revealed when a ship reaches them.

Motivations

• Curiosity (MOT-02) – Primary motivation: curiosity/discovery.
• Challenge (MOT-01) – Secondary: exploration under risk.