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Game Design is the art<ref>{{:Book/The Art of Game Design}}</ref> of crafting rules that drive motivations. 
Similar to [[Language Design]], there should be some basic principles in Game Design:
# [[Abstraction]]: By definition of being a [[game]], the events don't all need to be real.
# [[Symmetry-breaking]]: There must be a way to make a decision or difference between alternative actions, so that motivation could take hold.
# [[Occam's Razor]]: The rules should be as simple as possible, but not simpler. This rule implies a way to ensure [[unity]] and [[consistency]] or the avoidance of [[contradiction]]s.

All of the above statements have to do with information compression, but more importantly, they can be finitely stated as a set of rules, at the same time, it could be played out infinitely given enough time and resources.
=Ways to construct a Game Narrative=
There is a book<ref>{{:Book/Planning for Everything}}</ref> on [[Book/Planning for Everything|Planning for Everything]] by [[Peter Morville]].

=Psychological Effects of Games=
[[Jane McGonigal]] has a few books<ref>{{:Book/Superbetter}}</ref><ref>{{:Book/Reality is Broken}}</ref> on game design.

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