Razbuten's games for nongamers
Razbuten has a good series on how gaming can feel like to people who are ‘non-gamers’
Some insights from the first video:
- Controllers have “hidden buttons” like L3 (press down on joystick). Make those buttons clearer
- JIT is important, as is reminders
- waypoints and compasses are often ignored, especially if they are introduced at the same time as a bunch of other information.
- learning the wrong lesson is common. Make it clear why someone failed.
- nongamers are likely to assume games are “cooler than they actually are”. Games are technically very limited, but a non-gamer might assume they can “do anything”
