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Experience goal

You might say: player experience goal, design goal

An experience goal states what the player should learn, feel or do in a level.

What it does

Gives layout, pacing and encounter choices a target instead of letting geometry dictate the experience.

Ask

What should the player learn, feel, or do here?

Typical

Specific teaching or feeling goals are easier to design than broad aspirations; a goal may be concrete or abstract.

Trouble

A level has a pile of mechanics or rooms but no shared purpose, so playtest observations cannot tell which outcome is intended.

Sources

1. The Level Design Book, Layout, Layout, Pre-production planWhat should the player learn, feel, or do, in this level?

Use it on your project

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