Notiones

Ludic Effectus notiones · both

Notiones (knowledge effects) captures what players know after playing that they did not know before: facts, concepts and connections the game conveyed.

Design question – What do your players know after playing that they did not know before?

Reference example – Assassin’s Creed Origins (Discovery Tour): walking through ancient Egypt and learning history along the way. Through the Darkest of Times: finding out what resistance looked like in Nazi Berlin. Football: the young player learns the offside rule not because someone explains it, but because she is caught offside three times.