Ludic Capacity

Capacitas ludic · medium · slow

Ludic Capacity captures the play experience of agents – whether they know game conventions, genre rules and typical patterns or whether everything is new to them.

Design question – How play-experienced are your players – do they know game conventions and genre patterns?

Reference example – Dark Souls: whoever knows the genre reads the dodge roll and the stamina bar at once; newcomers first have to discover them. Agricola: whoever knows worker placement understands the first turn within minutes. Football: the professional player understands the offside trap and pressing intuitively, the hobby player first has to have the offside rule explained.