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Under the Hood of Stumbling in Puzzle Games

• Speaker: Jackson Nagy, Starmaps

In this talk I will break down how players use heuristics when solving puzzles, when that's a bad thing, and how to use it to your advantage as a designer. I'll go over how I came to these conclusions the hard way, and in the process, dissect what it means to truly understand a mechanic.

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