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How Can Developers Improve Video Game Difficulty?

How Can Developers Improve Video Game Difficulty?

How Can Developers Improve Video Game Difficulty?

December 1, 2021

By Soham De

Originally Published Here

Summary

Nowadays, more and more games offer uninteresting game difficulty with bland, generic difficulty changes.

How exactly can developers create interesting, engaging video game difficulty that improves upon your generic 'enemies have more health' option?

Firstly, if you're having a hard time defining what exactly video game difficulty is, take a look at our quick explainer on video game difficulty.

Simply put, video game difficulty is the way in which a game communicates what and how it wants you to do something-relative to your skill level.

Now we're defining what "Good" video game difficulty is; any game could fill the above definition without actually being engaging or "Good".

Let's say that games with "Good" video game difficulty present a fair, interesting, constructive, and rewarding challenge.

Good video game difficulty will present you with new, interesting challenges that help keep you engaged.

Reference

De, S. (2021, December 01). How can developers improve video game difficulty? Retrieved February 01, 2022, from https://www.makeuseof.com/video-game-difficulty-how-can-it-improve/