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Articles, Blog

The fun of repetition

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Tjien

What I learned from Duolingo

  • Exposing game’s hidden super power
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ •
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Articles, Blog

Game Monetization

October 15, 2022 Tjien

Mentoring Q&A | 02

  • Choosing a monetization strategy
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ • • •
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Articles, Blog

UX/UI and Game design

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 Tjien

Mentoring Q&A | 01

  • How to approach UX/UI
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
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Articles, Blog, Design Aid

Players are human

January 13, 2022 Tjien

Designing with intention

  • Experience and motivation
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ • • •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
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Articles, Blog, Personal

The Result of Play

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Tjien

What’s wrong with education

  • Our disability to Play
  • Practicality: ♥ • • • •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
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Blog
Elasticity in F2P Game Design

Elasticity in F2P

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Tjien

How Elasticity adds value

  • How to design for elasticity
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ •
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Blog

Player Motivations

September 26, 2021September 27, 2021 Tjien

The Unified Model of Player Motivation

  • All the reasons players play games
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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Blog

Personas in Game Design

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 Tjien

Creating and using personas

  • A great tool to design for an audience
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
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Blog

Journey to Purchase

July 31, 2021 Tjien

Rethinking the F2P Customer Journey

  • How a player becomes a customer
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
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Blog

Forcing Creativity

July 3, 2021 Tjien

What many designer get wrong

  • A simple guide to creativity
  • Practicality: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
  • Theoretical: ♥ ♥ ♥ • •
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