Game-design Quote by Jane McGonigal

“Traditionally, we have needed instructions in order to play a game. But now we’re often invited to learn as we go.”

— Jane McGonigal

“Making games may be fun, but it certainly ain’t easy. Modern games require enormous, complex codebases.”

— Robert Nystrom

“The games people play can be quite intricate.”

— Steven Redhead

“You can’t play with everything that looks playable, I guess even a child knows that.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Never allow your game to be played by someone else’s rules. The game you create is the reality you wish to live and that…

— A.H. Carlisle III

“Why should I bother with made-up games when there are so many real ones going on?”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The key to creating a successful system is to make it as uncomplicated as possible.”

— Geralin Thomas

“The future toyed with us, it was up to us to try to enjoy the game. But not everyone liked the game or they…

— Carrie Adams

“When a game does this well, you lose track of your manipulation of it, and its manipulation of you, and instead feel inserted so…

— Tom Bissell

“Loving the game meant mastering the mechanics of the game.”

— Sasha Issenberg

Making a game is a really complicated thing.

— David Baszucki

“It is far better to follow instructions than to have no instruction at all.”

— Nigel Hems