Curiosity

Motivation curiosity

Curiosity (curiosity / discovery) describes the drive to find new things and understand how things work. Players want to explore, decode and be surprised.

Design question – Your players want to find and understand new things – what is there to discover in your game?

Reference example – Devil May Cry: combining attacks to discover new combos. Outer Wilds: no score, no progress bar – curiosity alone drives you on.