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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:05:17 -0700</LI>
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On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 21:25:51 -0700
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban#darklock,com> wrote:
> Nobody *likes* to fail. It's okay if your game is hard and takes
> time, but it's *not* okay if the user is expected to fail
> repeatedly in the process of learning it.
A lot of the, err, failure of failure can be mitigated if every time
the player fails, it is reasonably obvious to him that if he only
did XXX or YYY differently next time he'd have a decent chance of
coming out a winner. You can't do it too often of course -- too
many failures and even the best laid clue trail becomes a chore, but
if you can throw a little adventure and discovery into the learning
curve (if I do XXX next time...I did XXX and Wowo! I can also do
YYY...) you can stretch it out to almost impossible lengths.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00615" HREF="msg00615.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 08 Jun 1999, 22:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00641" HREF="msg00641.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Wed 09 Jun 1999, 22:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00668" HREF="msg00668.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00671" HREF="msg00671.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00674" HREF="msg00674.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00676" HREF="msg00676.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 10 Jun 1999, 05:26 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00697" HREF="msg00697.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Thu 10 Jun 1999, 15:27 GMT
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