The PLAY Heuristics PDF provides you with 28 gameplay and usability principles expertly created to assist and guide you in the development and long-term playability of your games by your players. 

The PLAY Heuristics can aid the design team, game designers, and user researchers in analyzing their products through hypothesis generation and heuristic evaluation, as well as aid in brainstorming goals and design ideas. 

The PLAY Heuristics are referenced in the following publications and journals:

• Game usability heuristics (PLAY) for evaluating and designing better games: The next iteration

• 48 Differences Between Good and Bad Video Games: Game Playability Principles (PLAY) For Designing Highly Ranked Video Games

• Heuristics uncovered for Games User Researchers and game designers

• Game Principles: Change, Choice & Creation: Making Better Games

• Are game design and user research guidelines specific to virtual reality effective in creating a more optimal player experience? Yes, VR PLAY

Product details: PDF (10 pages) with 6 categories of heuristics:

1. Game Play

2. Game Coolness / Entertainment / Emotional Connection

3. Game Usability and Mechanics

4. Game New Player Experience

5. First Time User Experience

6. Game Story Immersion

The PDF includes 55 principles total

This purchase includes an introductory “How to Use and Apply the Heuristics in Your Game to Optimize the Player Experience ” PDF