I'm pulling my driveway. We all know what that means.

It's time for drive to work.

Okay. So today's column came about because of a conversation I had on my blog.

So today I want to talk about complexity.

So one of the things I think is misunderstand as I argue with people is a lot of people sort of see different things in complexity.

A lot of people think it's like what makes games good and people believe it's what causes problems.

And I want to talk a little bit about how I see complexity and what complexity means for games.

I know a lot of game designers listen up, or aspiring game designers.

So let me talk about what complexity means and how it applies to your game.

Okay, so put quite basically, complexity to me is a cost that there is something you gain from using it but something that

that you spend by using it and so I want to talk a little bit about what that is so one of the

things I talk about when you...

There's a couple things you worry about as a game, as a game designer.

Number one is, will people be able to play my game?

I talk about magic's barrier to entry.

That's...

So, barrier to entry is a term I use, which means I don't know how to play I need

to get to the point where I know how to play how hard is that how hard is my barrier to entry

um and the thing to remember is that you know if your game if your game like magic for example

is a game that evolves over time,

meaning it's a game that can gain complexity over time.

Some games, they are what they are, and, you know, they don't necessarily get more complex.

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